92 A MANUAL ON THE HOG. 



an ounce, three times a day in bran-mash or flaxseed tea. 



CHOLERA. 



The disease popularly known by this name assumes such 

 varied type that no one name will give an adequate idea of 

 its character, or symptoms. Cholera is plainly a misnomer, 

 but it is useless now to suggest any change of name. 



While repeated post mortem examinations have thrown 

 much light upon its effects on the different vital organs, 

 these effects are so diverse in different cases, even in the 

 same herd, that we are still unable, definitely, to determine 

 the causes, preventives, or remedies. Indeed, so varied are 

 the formes of the disease, that each case requires a sepa- 

 rate diagnosis, and remedies suited to its peculiar type. 



The idea of a single remedy suited to all cases of the 

 disease known as cholera is simply absurd. 



It is rather a remarkable fact that the symptoms of every 

 other disease known to the hog are represented in those of 

 that commonly known as cholera, and very often all of them 

 are seen in the same case. This fact demonstrates the ne- 

 cessity of a thorough diagnosis of the disease to insure 

 intelligent treatment. 



Symptoms The first symptoms are langour, and a dispo- 

 sition to lie down away from the rest of the herd. He 

 seems stiff and moves as though his muscles are sore ; he 

 either loses appetite in part or entirely, has great thirst on 

 account of the fever which usually accompanies the dis- 

 ease ; the urine is highly colored, is voided in small quan- 

 tities, and with apparent difficulty ; sick stomach is a com- 

 mon, but not an invariable symptom. If the stomach is 

 inflamed, vomiting and retching, accompanied with evident 

 pain is common. The matter vomited is either mucus 

 alone, mucus and bile, or mucus and blood. 



Food seems to sonr on the stomach, and is often thrown 

 up undigested, Diarrhoea is common when the intestines 

 are involved in the disease, the faecal matter being some- 



