3 o2 VETERINARY LECTURES 



pork is dangerous when eaten by man. Measles is frequently con- 

 founded with other complaints affecting pigs, especially cases of 

 indigestion caused by feeding on too much uncooked foods, such as 

 unsound Indian meal, raw potatoes, etc., the symptoms of which are 

 identical with those of measles. These ailments must not be con- 

 fused with swine fever, as the symptoms are widely different. When 

 these blotches are due to indigestion, there is little or no constitu- 

 tional disturbance or prostration ; the animal will take a little food, 

 seems lively, and runs about as if nothing was amiss. The following 

 treatment will answer in both cases — viz., i to 2 teaspoonfuls each of 

 bicarbonate of soda and flowers of sulphur given mixed in the morn- 

 ing and evening meal. When the bowels are costive, a dose of 

 croton oil may be administered, as in the preceding paragraph, with 

 injections of warm water three or four times a day. 



