48 DISEASES OF THE HOG. 
frequent and tinged with blood, occasionally it 
is of a dark or green color, being charged with 
bile; sometimes there is flatulent distention of 
the bowels, the temperature is usually from 104 to 
105 and the pulse at first is full and soft and very 
frequent, from 120 to 150 per minute; as the dis- 
ease advances the pulse becomes weak and almost 
imperceptible; the breathing is short and fast and 
the animal may have shivering fits; there is often 
severe vomiting, which is very distressing to the 
patient. This disease in the pig usually lasts from 
three days to one week and is caused most fre- 
quently from mortification and collapse. 
Post mortem appearance: The mucous mem- 
brane is thickened and gangrenous and often there, 
will be ulceration, which might lead one to call it 
“Hog Cholera.” The ulcers often penetrate the 
walls of the bowel, and if a number of them should 
coalesce under such circumstances a slight force 
of pressure is sufficient to cause rupture, allowing 
the contents of the bowel to pass into the abdom- 
inal cavity. I have frequently seen cases of this 
sort. Sometimes there will be a sloughing of the 
mucous membrane, caused by effusion between it 
and the muscular coat. Cases have occurred in- 
which several feet of the mucous membrane had 
become detached. Portions of false membrane 
are occasionally observed adhering to the surface 
of the mucous membrane. 
Treatment: When there is diarrhea present 
give from one to two ounces of castor oil with fif- 
