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dribbling from its mouth, the owner began to fear 

 it was mad. I was called to examine it and saw 

 from the above s^^mptoms that there must be some 

 foreign substance either in its mouth or throat. 

 I had the pig tied (it was nine months old) and the 

 mouth opened, but could see nothing. I exam- 

 ined it several times with the same result, but be- 

 ing sure that there must be something there, I 

 tried again and this time I saw a small white body 

 sticking under the side of the tongue. I removed 

 it with a pair of forceps and on examining it found 

 it to be a temporary tooth. Both of these cases 

 would have died in great suffering if they had not 

 been relieved. 



SPORADIC APHTHA. 



This is vesicular eruption of the mouth. Al- 

 though the pig is not so subject to diseases of the 

 mouth as cattle, yet we occasionally see a case. 

 The causes are usually local, such as the animaltak- 

 ing some irritating substance into its mouth. The 

 symptoms consist of difficult prehension of food, 

 the animal will take food into its mouth and let it 

 drop out again; there will be a dribbling of saliva, 

 and young pigs will squeal. On examining the 

 mouth, clusters of white vesicles will be seen on the 

 cheeks, lips and tongue. The treatment consists 

 of dissolving half an ounce of borate of soda in a 

 pint of water and applying a little of this to the 

 mouth with a small mop. Another good remedy 

 is equal parts of honey and vinegar, to which may 



