132 DTSEASES OF THE HOG. 



state. Some animals have a peculiar tendency to 

 the overproduction of blood and become plethoric 

 without any assignable cause. 



Symptoms: Pigs affected with this disease are 

 stupid, lie around, and if made to rise will show 

 signs of vertigo, stagger and in some cases fall. 

 There is often palpitation of the heart and op- 

 pressed breathing; the lips, tongue and conjunc- 

 tiva are red and sometimes somewhat swollen; 

 bleeding from the nose sometimes takes place. I 

 have known some few cases in which the pig was 

 very fat and at the same time affected with this 

 disease in which the animal lost the use of its legs. 

 The pulse is full and somewht accelerated. 



Treatment: Regulate the diet. Give milk and 

 oatmeal in small quantities and turn the pig out 

 so that it will get an opportunity to move about, 

 and in some cases it should be compelled to move 

 around for a short time each day in order to stimu- 

 late secretion. Give one to two ounces of epsom 

 salts and after this operates give bicarbonate of 

 potassium in two dram doses three times a day. If 

 the animal loses the use of its legs they should be 

 rubbed several times a day. 



ANEMIA. 



Anemia is a morbid deficiency or poverty of the 

 blood, caused by lessening of the nutritive con- 

 stituents of the blood and an increase of the watery 

 parts. Young pigs get into this state without any 

 apparent cause. 



