590 DISEASES OF SWINE 



Treatment. — Prevention of bronchitis, and especially of the 

 chronic form of the disease, consists largely in providing proper 

 sleeping quarters, which are so arranged as to prevent overcrowding 

 and drafts. As previously recommended, keep hogs away from 

 straw-stacks and manure piles, and have them sleep in well-venti- 

 lated sheds, where plenty of Ught and fresh air can be had and 

 where overheating and piling up will be impossible. 



In the active treatment of the disease it is important to have 

 the animals removed to suitable quarters, which shall be warm, 

 comfortable, Ught, and well ventilated. The food should be of the 

 light, sloppy character recommended in treatment of laryngitis. 

 A mild cathartic of calomel and oil should be administered to over- 

 come constipation. Plenty of water of a comfortable temperature 

 should be provided. 



In cases that are severe, and in which the cough is troublesome, 

 steaming with turpentine or other similar substance is efficient 

 treatment. An electuary similar to that advised for laryngitis is 

 very effective in relieving the cough, fever, and difficult breathing. 



The disease usually runs a mild course, and if the hygienic con- 

 ditions are corrected and suitable sleeping quarters provided, a 

 prompt recovery is the rule, even without any medication. 



In chronic cases the main element in treatment is to make neces- 

 sary changes in sleeping quarters so as to give the animals plenty of 

 air and prevent overcrowding and overheating. Food should be 

 given that is easily digested, and a tonic powder similar to the 

 hog-cholera preparation should be given for a few weeks once or 

 twice daily. 



PNEUMONIA (INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS) 

 Pneumonia is a disease in which the tissue of the lung itself is 

 the seat of an inflammation. There are two principal types of 

 pneumonia, one in which an entire lobe of the lung is involved, and 

 which is known as lobar pneumonia, and another in which scattered 

 areas here and there throughout both lungs are involved, and which 

 is known as bronchopneumonia. This last class of pneumonia is 

 really a capillary bronchitis, and is not common in the hog. 



Causes. — The causes of pneumonia are quite similar to those 

 of bronchitis and other forms of inflammation of the respiratory 



