40 DISEASES OF THE HOG. 



SIMPLE ULCERS OF THE STOMACH. 



I have met wth several eases of ulceratoin of the 

 stomach of the pig as an independent disease and 

 in conjunction with other diseases, such as hog 

 cholera. In one well marked case, a fine sow, 

 which had been in a thrifty condition until she was 

 one year old, was noticed to vomit occasionally, 

 and seemed to be somewhat uneasy after eating; 

 this continued for several months and she began 

 to lose flesh; and being a valuable sow I was called 

 to see her. By this time some blood was mixed 

 with the food in the vomit, and I diagnosed the 

 disease to be either ulceration or cancer. I ex- 

 amined some of the material vomited, but could 

 not get any satisfactory results from it. 



Symptoms: The appetite is variable, in some 

 cases it may not be much affected. The animal 

 will begin to eat its food with an apparent relish 

 and all at once it will stop feeding, leave the 

 trough, apparently in pain. It may vomit or seem 

 to be trying to do so, something between a cough 

 and an effort to vomit, and there may be only eruc- 

 tions of gas. The animal soon gets into an un- 

 thrifty condition; the bowels are usually confined 

 and the urine scanty and high colored; the pulse 

 and breathing are not affected in the early stages 

 of the disease. If the animal is not relieved it 

 gradually becomes worse, vomits up nearly all its 

 food, seems to be in much pain, and the contents 

 of the stomach are usually mixed with blood. 

 There is no other disease that can be mistaken for 



