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three or four days. This drug is in the form of a white, tasteless 

 powder, and can be very easily administered with the food. 



Change of diet, increasing the range, plenty of fresh, clean 

 water, and the intelligent administration of the above-mentioned 

 remedies will clear up the condition in a few days in most cases. 

 In the more severe cases, and in those that are due to chronic 

 cholera, longer treatment may be necessary. In these cases much 

 benefit may be derived from the use of some form of intestinal 

 antiseptic in combination with the above tonic powder. The best 

 of these intestinal antiseptics are the sulphocarbolates of soda, 

 calcium, or zinc. In most cases the sodium sulphocarbolate is the 

 preferable one, and may be added to this powder in such amount 

 that the animal will receive from 5 to 15 gr. at a dose. Where there 

 is a chronic diarrhea it is better to make use of the zinc sulphocar- 

 bolate. 



In those cases which are due to chronic cholera, and where 

 the hogs are badly stunted, the outlook is hopeless, and it is 

 a waste of time and money to treat these animals. It is the part 

 of economy to simply knock them in the head. Their stomachs 

 have- been so damaged that they will riever be able to properly 

 digest food, and they will never be able to show a sufficient return 

 for the grain put into them to give a fair return for its value. 



INFLAMMATION OF STOMACH AND INTESTINES (GASTRO- 

 ENTERITIS, INFLAMMATION OF BOWELS) 



In nearly all cases where we have inflammation of the stomach 

 there is also an inflammation of the bowels accompanying it. It 

 is almost impossible to say when the disease is in the stomach and 

 when it is in the intestines. The symptoms in each case are about 

 the same, and, as stated, in a great majority of cases both stomach 

 and bowels are involved at the same time. It is for this reason 

 that we will consider the two together, under the head of gastro- 

 enteritis, or inflammation of the stomach and bowels. 



Causes. — The causes for inflammation of the stomach and bow- 

 els are just about the same as those already mentioned under the 

 head of Acute Gastritis. Improper feeding is the main point. 

 This is especially true of feeding the animals with dirty, decom- 

 posed, and rotten foods. The stomach of the hog is able to stand 



