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coated with fur, especially along the center. About 

 the eighth day the disease begins to decline, the pig 

 brightens up, the swelling of the eyelids becomes 

 reduced, the cough is less frequent or may have 

 disappeared altogether, the red color of the skin 

 will diminish, the appetite return, and the pig will 

 be quite well about the eleventh or twelfth day. 

 Occasionally the pectoral symptoms at this stage 

 increase instead of diminishing as they usually do, 

 indicating that either bronchitis or pneumonia is 

 setting in, and if it does so it will likely prove fatal 

 in the pig. I have seen some few cases in which, 

 instead of bronchitis or pneumonia, a severe diar- 

 rhea would set in, caused by an irritation of the 

 mucous membrane of the intestines, and it is usual- 

 ly very troublesome and often causes death. I 

 have seen cases of this kind mistaken for hog chol- 

 era. Chronic cough is sometimes the result of this 

 disease. 



Treatment: In mild cases treatment is not nec- 

 essary, but the pig should not be exposed to cold or 

 wet, and should have a dry bed to sleep in. In 

 cases where the catarrhal symptoms are severe 

 with fever, which can be known by the appetite 

 being impaired, give epsom salts one to two ounces 

 for a full grown pig, and from a teaspoonful to a 

 dessert spoonful at a dose for a small pig. Boiled 

 flaxseed mixed with the food or given in the form 

 of flaxseed tea mixed with a little brown sugar will 

 be found very useful. If the skin becomes dry an<l 

 hot give from five to ten grains of nitrate of potas- 

 sium in the drinking water. If the throat is sore 



