40 DISEASES OF SWINE 



to other parts of the air passages^-throat, bronchial 

 tubes, etc. 



Treatment. — The preventive treatment is very 

 important, and consists in avoiding the overcrowd- 

 ing of pens, especially during the dold weather, ex- 

 posure, and allowing the pens to become dusty and 

 dirty. Hogs should not be allowed to sleep around 

 straw stacks and manure heaps. 



In the simple form of the disease medicinal treat- 

 ment is usually unnecessary. The hog should be 

 given dry, comfortable quarters, and fed warm 

 slops for a few days. It is usually best to give the 

 animal a physic of castor-oil. In addition to this 

 treatment, in severe cases the animal should be 

 steamed. A vessel containing a one-half per cent, 

 solution of turpentine, or some of the tar disin- 

 fectants, in boiling hot water can be held under the 

 hog's snout, and the animal allowed to inhale the 

 steam for about fifteen minutes, twice daily. It is 

 also well to disinfect the pens and sleeping-quarters. 



SORE THROAT— PHARYNGO-LARYNGITIS 



The causes and symptoms of inflammation of the 

 pharynx and larynx in the hog are very much the 

 same. This is also true of tonsilitis, and, usually, 

 all of these parts are inflamed at the same time and 

 can be discussed conveniently und?r the head of 

 sore throat. 



Causes. — Sore throat frequently occurs as a com- 

 plication of a cold in the head. In adition to the 

 causes mentioned in connection with this latter 



