DISEASES OF SWINE 



INFLAMMATION OP THE LUNGS. 



This complaint is known among the breeders and fat- 

 teners of swine by the term risinor of the lights. Every 

 little cold is apt to degenerate into inflammation of the 

 lungs in the fatted or fattening hog. 



The early symptom is cough. The animal heaves 

 dreadfully ; he has a most distressing cough, which 

 sometimes almost suffocates him, and he refuses to eat. 



In many cases congestion takes place in the lungs, 

 and the animal dies in three or four days. 



The first thing that is to be done is to bleed, and the 

 most convenient place to bleed the hog is from t!ie palate. 

 If an imaginary line is drawn from between the first and 

 second front middle teeth, and extending backward an 

 inch along the palate, and the palate is there cut deeply, 

 with a lancet or fleam, plenty of blood will be obtained. 

 A large quantity of blood, however, can be abstracted 

 from the vein on the inside of the fore-arm, about an 

 inch above the knee. The application of cold water 



