DISEASES OF THE HOG. - 27 
dribbling from its mouth, the owner began to fear 
it was mad. I was called to examine it and saw 
from the above symptoms that there must be some 
foreign substance either in~its mouth or throat. 
T had the pig tied (it was nine months old) and the 
mouth opened, but could see nothing. I exam- 
ined it several times with the same result, but be- 
ing sure that there must be something there; I 
tried again and this time I saw a small white body 
sticking under the side of the tongue. I removed 
it with a pair of forceps and on examining it found 
it to be a temporary tooth. Both of these cases 
would have died in great suffering if they had not 
been relieved. 
SPORADIC APHTHA. 
This is vesicular eruption of the mouth. Al- 
though the pig is not so subject to diseases of the 
mouth as cattle, yet we occasionally see a case. 
The causes are usuallylocal,such asthe animaltak- 
ing some irritating substance into its mouth. The 
symptoms consist of difficult prehension of food, 
the animal will take food into.its mouth and let it 
drop out again; there will be a dribbling of saliva, 
and young pigs will squeal. On examining the 
mouth, clusters of white vesicles will be seen on the 
cheeks, lips and tongue. The treatment consists 
of dissolving half an ounce of borate of soda in a 
pint of water and applying a little of this to the 
mouth with a small mop. Another good remedy 
is equal parts of honey and vinegar,to which may 
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