CATARRHAL DISEASES. 961 



no epizootic catarrh among them. If they are to be herded together 

 in filthy styes or yards, without clean water for drinking and bath- 

 ing, and compelled to eat food soiled with dirt and manure, epidem- 

 ics will increase in malignancy and frequency. It is better to raise 

 fifty first-class animals than to try to raise two hundred "scalawags' 

 and lose fifty per cent or more of them. 



APOPLEXY. 



This occurs only in fat hogs: The animal moves stupidly for a 



few hours before the attack, when he drops suddenly as if felled by 



a blow, the limbs straighten out, and the breathing is labored. 



Prompt treatment is demanded. Dash .cold water freely over the ' 



animal, and especially upon the head. Give the following as an 



injection ; — 

 i 



Epsom salts • , .'....■ 4 oz. 



OH' of turpentine ...... '. . . .. ....'. 2 dr. 



Soap-suds '..."; '..,.} pt. 



When the animal rallies, give a dose of Epsom salts (4 oz.), repeating 

 it every three hours, until the bowels have been freely moved. 

 Bleeding is of doubtful benefit, and external applications are useless. 

 Feed lightly for a few days. 



CATARRH, OR "SffCFFLES." 



'■ This is an inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose, 

 caused mainly , , 



by, exposure,. ' >\' iflttMiK^fopSji ill; 



Little is need- ,. 'iu3KHttmimlt> 



^ iltL ^-y ii 'Writ fciiiLji it t * ■' III • 



ed but to guard -fty) fffllwHii^^^^^B 



against urt ler ^ J^J=^fcM-i-^ ' r^^^a JlUiMWWMmll'lii 

 exposure, and — J fMM l W^MWWmMlM BU ^ ^^ ■Sig i fw 



keep the an- JfXJiP" ■' ' '' '" ''' '" 

 imal in a clean, 

 warm, dry stye. 

 If severe, give 

 2 to 4 oz. Ep- 

 som salts, fol- 

 lowing this with 



a warm bran Fia. 1279.— Iron Trough for Ten Pigs. 



mash. In some 



parts of the country there is a form of nasal gleet called "Blue 



Nose." This is said to be similar to glanders in the horse, incurable 



and contagious. It is marked by bloody discharges from the nose. 





