ll4 DISEASES O^ THE HOG. 



on anything the animal will take, such as new milk 

 and a little otmeal gruel and all the eold water it 

 wants. When gangrene sets in, which can be 

 easily known by the fetor of the breath and a dis- 

 charge of a dirty, foul-smelling matter from the 

 nose, treatment is useless in the pig. 



PLEURISY (INFLAiinATION OF THE PLEURA.) 



This is an inflammation of the pleura which lines 

 the cavity of the chest. This is one of the most fre- 

 quent of the inflammatory diseases and the pig 

 comes in for its share of it, as it is a common occur- 

 rence to find, on removing the lungs of a pig that 

 had been in good condition and had been killed, a 

 part of the membrane adhering to the walls of the 

 chest, caused^t some period more or less remote by 

 an attack of pleurisy more or less severe. A pig 

 may be affected to a slight extent and no notice be 

 taken of it. It is only when the animal has a severe 

 attack that our attention is drawn to it by the 

 pig being off its food and appearing sick. 



Causes of pleurisy : Cold, wet weather in the fall 

 and spring and the pigs having wet beds to sleep in, 

 cold east winds and the pigs not having a comfort- 

 able place to rest and get warmed. It is also a re- 

 sult of some other disease such as rheumatism and 

 also from an injury such as a kick from a horse, 

 etc. Some seasons it is a very common disease and 

 hundreds of pigs die from it and its true nature has 

 not been known by the owner of the animal. 



Symptoms: The disease usually commences 

 with a chill and a sharp pain in the side, which 



