560 BOAED OF AGRICULTURE. [Pul>. Doc. 



1. Hemorrhages, particularly in the subcutaneous, sub- 

 mucous and subserous connective tissues ; in the lymphatic 

 glands and in the various organs of the body. 



2. Ulcerations of the large intestines. 



3. Collapse of lung tissue, and less frequently broncho- 

 pneumonia. 



The most characteristic lesions of swine plague are : — 



1. Inflammation of the lungs; numerous small necrotic 

 points in these organs, or a few large cheesy masses. 



2. Inflammation of the serous membranes, with fibrinous 

 deposits, 



3. Congestion of the. mucous membrane of the intestine, 

 or inflammation of the same, with fibrinous deposits. 



Experts do not yet agree as to the certainty of remedies, 

 but Dr. Salmon says : — 



The most efficacious formula which has been tried is the follow- 



Pounds. 



Wood charcoal, 1 



Sulphur, .... 



Sodium chloride. 



Sodium bicarbonate, 



Sodium hyposulphite. 



Sodium sul2:)hate. 



Antimony sulphide (black antimony). 



These ingredients should be completely pulverized and thor- 

 oughly mixed. The dose is a large tablespoonful for each two 

 hundred pounds weight of hogs to be treated, and it should be 

 given only once a day. They should have at least once a day soft 

 feed, made of mixed bran and micUlUngs, or middUngs and corn 

 meal, or ground oats and corn, or crushed wheat with hot water, 

 and then stirring into this the proper quantity of medicine. 

 Animals that will not come to the feed should be drenched with 

 the medicine shaken up with water. Great care should be exer- 

 cised in drenching hogs, or they will be suffocated. Do not turn 

 the hog on its back to drench it, but pull the cheek away from the 

 teeth so as to form a pouch, into which the medicine may be slowly 

 poured. It will flow from the cheek into the mouth, and when the 

 hog finds out what it is, it will stop squealing and swallow. 



