DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS 



SIMPLE INFLAMMATION OF THE MOUTH- 

 STOMATITIS 



Simple sore mouth in hogs is no doubt more 

 common than we are aware of, as a large per cent, 

 of the cases do not show marked symptoms and 

 escape notice. 



Causes. — Among the common causes of this dis- 

 ease can be mentioned putrid or decomposed slops, 

 and water from foul wallows, especially that contain- 

 ing seepage from hog lots and manure heaps. Such 

 fluids contain a large number of injurious germs 

 which may irritate the lining membrane of the mouth, 

 and if the hog is unthrifty, or the mucous membrane 

 abraded, are very apt to produce disease. 



Wounds and irritation, caused by awns and beards 

 of barley and wheat in the feed and the rope loops 

 used in catching hogs, may be the direct or indirect 

 causes of the parts becoming inflamed. Small inflamed 

 patches are frequently seen on the inside of the lips, 

 cheeks, and other parts of the mouth in such diseases 

 as hog cholera, swine plague, anthrax, and actino- 

 mycosis. 



Symptoms. — At the beginning of the inflammation 

 the mucous membrane lining the mouth is hot, dry, 

 and red. This stage of the disease is so short that it 



