198 DISEASES OF THE HOG. 



CYSTITIS (INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER). 



This is a very rare disease in the pig. I have 

 never seen a case of it in the hog, although I have 

 no doubt but that there have been some from in- 

 juries, irritating urine, or from inflammation of 

 the surrounding organs. The whole surface may 

 be implicated, or it may only be a part. The neck 

 is the part most commonly involved in the human 

 being. 



Symptoms of this disease would be retention of 

 urine, the animal will strain a good deal and the 

 urine will be passed in drops or in small quanti- 

 ties, and the animal will be Very restless, as it will 

 be suffering much pain; it will be stiff in its hind 

 parts, there will be fever and swelling of the ab- 

 domen, loss of appetite, but the pig may be thirsty, 

 vomiting may occur. The case may get better in a 

 few days. Gangrene may set in, in which case the 

 pain will cease entirely before the close. A case 

 of this kind may assume a chronic form, and the 

 animal may be long affected with a purulent urine 

 or a discharge of pus along with the urine. 



Treatment: Hot fomentations would be useful, 

 but it could not be satisfactorily done with the 

 pig. Calomel three grains, opium one grain, made 

 into a pill and given three times a day, and large 

 quantities of mucilaginous, cold drinks would be 

 of great service in such a disease. If the animal is 

 constipated, injections of warm water should be 

 used. If the urine is acid, it should be neutralized 

 by half dram doses of bicarbonate of soda three 



