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other useful remedy is Fowler- s solution of arsenic 

 given in five drop doses three times a day in the 

 food and continued for five or six weeks. Tar given 

 in teaspoonful doses in the food three times a day 

 is also good and as it cannot do any harm it is 

 worth a trial. 



BLEEDING FROM THE LUNG (HEMOPTYSIS.) 



This is not a common disease in the pig and 

 the only cases that have come under my observa- 

 tion have been caused by over exertion and usually 

 have resulted in death; therefore, I look upon it as 

 a very dangerous symptom in this animal. I have 

 no doubt but that cases may occur in pigs from 

 causes similar to those of the human family. 



Causes: Over exertion from being driven too 

 fast, fighting with each other, being kicked by 

 horses, violent squealing and severe coughing, 

 falls, etc. It may also be caused by disease of the 

 air passages or the lung substance, bronchitis or 

 pneumonia; in such cases the blood vessels have 

 been weakened, and the extra quantity of blood in 

 the parts causes the blood to extravasate into the 

 lung tissue and air cells. 



Symptoms: The blood may issue both from the 

 nostrils and mouth of the pig, but most commonly 

 from the nostrils. It is usually liquid, florid and 

 more or less frothy, owing to the admixture of air. 

 If the quantity issuing is great it will be less 

 frothy. There will be more or less cough and if 

 severe there will be a feeling of suffocation. If 



