102 DISEASES OP THE HOG. 



NERVOUS COUGH. 



We meet with pigs having a cough, especially 

 among the young ones; it is not attended with any 

 symptoms of catarrh; there is no evidence of in- 

 liammation or irritation of any i)art of the respira- 

 tor}^ passages, nor are there any of the abnormal 

 sounds heard of a moist or dry character that can 

 be detected. The trouble is purely a nervous one. 

 It is caused by some morbid condition of the nerves 

 of respiration or of the centers. The cough is 

 usually dry unless the paroxysms are severe, then 

 a little mucus may come up. It may last for 

 months or it may pass off in a few weeks. It does 

 not as a general thing disturb the health of the 

 animal and resembles a mild attack of whooping 

 cough in the human. It usually yields to treat- 

 ment. Tincture of asafetida in dram doses three 

 times a day or better if it can be obtained is allium 

 or English garlic; the oil of garlic is the most con- 

 venient, dose from ten to fifteen drops three times 

 a day given in a little syrup or dropped on sugar. 

 I have found from experience that this form of 

 cough will run its course without any treatment 



INFLAMMATION OF THE BRONCHIAL TUBE5. 

 (BRONCHITIS.) 



Tinder this head we shall take in inflammation 

 of trachea as well as the bronchial tubes. Bron- 

 chitis is not very common in the pig, although I 

 have seen some well marked cases of it, especially 

 in shoats of from six weeks to three months old, and 

 it often proves fatal. It varies very greatly in de- 



