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siderable time, posHiLly several weeks (ir even two <.r three 

 iiiontlis. Often the pig becomes a c(jmph_'te wreck, and death 

 at last occurs. 



Treatment. — When a hog once contracts the disease, little 

 can be done in tlie way of treatment. Preventive measures 

 are the ordy etfective means for fighting this disease. In case 

 the disease should be found in a lier<l. it is safer to di\-ide the 

 herd up into small groups, keeping liogs whicli have lieen ex- 



posed to the disease se])arate from those which liave not. Dis- 

 eased carcasses should lie burned, and thor(U\gh disinfectiiju of 

 the premises and the animals shiiuld be made. The disease 

 enters the system through the stomach, and, therefore, care 

 should be exercised at all times in providing clean water and 

 feed. The importance of (piarantine, isolation, and disin- 

 fection, and methods of conducting the 'same, have been dealt 

 with under " Sanitation," which see. 



