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SWINE AND THEIR DISEASES. 



of breathing is not so great, but the weakness in the hind quarters 

 and the staggering or unsteady, gait are more conspicuous, while the 

 fever is as high in one form as in the other. In severe cases, in 

 wfy ich the morbid process is localized in the kidneys and ureters, the 

 animals ai-ch their backs in the lumbar or loin region to a noticeable 

 degree. There is more or less constipation, giving way, if the dis- 

 ease is approaching a fatal termination, to a profuse and fetid diar J 



Fig. 1271.— Tamworth Pig. 



rhea. This may be always looked upo,n as a sign of death. The 

 average duration -of the disease is from five to fifteen days. Where 

 animals have died within a few hours apparently after being taken 

 ill, we are inclined to think that the earlier symptoms of illness, as 

 is often the case in diseases of swine, have escaped notice. 



The treatment should be both hygienic and medicinal. Sepa- 

 rate , the sick animal from the herd, and provide it with a clean, dry, 

 well, ventilated resting place, which is not exposed" to drafts of air, 

 and which will at the same time afford sufficient protection against 

 heat, cold, and wet. The patient must have pure air to breathe, 

 clean water to drink, and wholesome and easily digested food to eat. 

 If these directions are faithfully observed, many sick animals can be 

 saved by proper treatment, provided they are. put under treatment 

 at an early stage of the disease. Give to each patient, as soon as 



