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tured by being dosed and drenched for the wrong disease, 

 It is, therefore, very important for every breeder to inform 

 himself on the subject. 



Youatt will again be liberally quoted en this important 

 subject, not only because he is standard authority, but be- 

 cause he has accurately described the symptoms of some 

 of the most common diseases. 



NASAL CATARRH. 



This disease is less common with us than in colder clim- 

 ates, but is not uncommon among neglected animals, even 

 in our mild climate. It is commonly known as snuffles, or 

 sniffles, and is characterized by a discharge from the nose, 

 which is hardly perceptible in its incipiency, but gradually 

 increases, and assumes, in a short time, a serious type. 

 Youatt says : " It gains ground daily attacks the respi- 

 ratory passages cough and sneezing come on there is evi- 

 dent difficulty in swallowing, and the respiration is impeded 

 by the mucus formed. After sometime the membrane of 

 the nose becomes thickened, the nostril swelled and de- 

 formed, and the snout drawn on one side. Blood is often 

 discharged from the nostril, and when this has been the 

 case, all the symptoms are abated, and the animal seems 

 relieved for a while. But, it too frequently happens, that 

 this discharge or hemorrhage returns, again, and again, each 

 time in increasing quantities, until the strength of the ani- 

 mal becomes so undermined, that notwithstanding the 

 utmost care, and the most nourishing diet, he dies of ex- 

 haustion, or perhaps, as it may be more properiy termed, 

 consumption. This disease, which strongly resembles glan- 

 ders, and distemper, is like them, hereditary, and may be 

 communicated from either the male, or temale parent. It 

 also results from exposure to damp or cold." It is, there- 

 fore, of the very first importance to have healthy parents 

 and to protect hogs from dust and violent changes of 

 temperature to prevent this disease, since it is much more 



