48 DISEASES OP THE HOC. 



frequent and tinged with blood, occasionally it 

 is of a dark or green color, being charged with 

 bile; sometimes there is flatulent distention of 

 the bowels, the temperature is usually from 104 to 

 105 and the pulse at first is full and soft and very 

 frequent, from 120 to 150 per minute; as the dis- 

 ease advances the pulse becomes weak and almost 

 imperceptible; the breathing is short and fast and 

 the animal may have shivering fits; there is often 

 severe vomiting, which is very distressing to the 

 patient. This disease in the pig usually lasts from 

 three days to one week and is caused most fre- 

 quently from mortification and collapse. 



Post mortem appearance: The mucous mem- 

 brane is thickened and gangrenous and often there 

 will be ulceration, which might lead one to call it 

 "Hog Cholera.'' The ulcers often penetrate the 

 walls of the bowel, and if a number of them should 

 coalesce under such circumstances a slight force 

 of pressure is sufficient to cause rupture, allowing 

 the contents of the bowel to pass into the abdom- 

 •inal cavity. I have frequently seen cases of this 

 sort. Sometimes there will be a sloughing of the 

 mucous membrane, caused by effusion between it 

 and the muscular coat. Cases have occurred in 

 which several feet of the mucous membrane had 

 become detached. Portions of false membrane 

 are occasionally observed adhering to the surface 

 of the mucous membrane. 



Treatment: When there is diarrhea present 

 give from one to two ounces of castor oil with fif ■ 



