140 DISEASES OF THE HOG. 



with a lotion made by mixing one half ounce each 

 of acetate of lead, sulphate of zinc and carbolic 

 acid in a quart of soft water. Feed the pig on oat 

 meal and milk. If this form of treatment is faith- 

 fully^ carried out a great many of the affected ani- 

 mals will recover. 



QANQRLNOUS ERYSIPELAS. 



This is another of the anthrax diseases which 

 affect swine; it has been called ^'wild fire'' in the 

 Old World. This derangement begins with a low 

 form of fever, the animal appears dull, does not 

 like to walk or stand, but lies buried in the straw 

 or anything it can get into; the temperature is 

 high, the pulse fast and weak, and the breathing 

 quick and short; red spots appear on the breast, 

 belly and inside of the legs, and often cause swell- 

 ing of the skin, and later on it becomes dry and 

 loose, as if it was much too large for the pig, and 

 crackles on pressure. In some cases the greater 

 part of the skin becomes affected; it will first be 

 red, then become purple, and some parts in the 

 later stages of the disease may be black in spots. 

 In others it forms ridges and cracks. The hair 

 drops out in patches and the animal soon becomes 

 weak and cannot stand on its hind legs, and usually 

 dies in a week or ten days from the beginning of 

 the attack. 



Treatment: In the early part of the disease give 

 ten grains each of aloes and calomel at a dose in a 

 little gruel. If this does not cause purging in ten 

 or twelve hours repeat the dose. Follow this by 



