- 198 DISEASES OF THE HOG. 
CYSTITIS (INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER). 
This is a very rare disease in the pig. I have 
hevcr seen a case of it in the hog, although I have 
no doubt but that there have been some from in- 
juries, irritating urine, or from inflammation of 
the surrounding organs. The whole surface may 
be implicated, or it may only be a part. The neck 
is the part most commonly involved in the human 
being. 
Symptoms of this disease would be retention of 
urine, the animal will strain a good deal and the 
urine will be passed in drops or in small quanti- 
ties, and the animal will be very restless, as it will 
be suffering much pain; it will be stiff in its hind 
parts, there will be fever and swelling of the ab- 
domen, loss of appetite, but the pig may be thirsty, 
vomiting may occur. The case may get better in a 
few days. Gangrene may set in, in which case the 
pain will cease entirely before the close. A case 
of this kind may assume a chronic form, and the 
animal may be long affected with a purulent urine 
or a discharge of pus along with the urine. 
Treatment: Hot fomentations would be useful, 
but it could. not be satisfactorily done with the 
pig. Calomel three grains, opium one grain, made 
into a pill and given three times a day, and large 
quantities of mucilaginous, cold drinks would be 
of great service in such a disease. If the animal is 
constipated, injections of warm water should be 
used. If the urine is acid, it should be neutralized 
by half dram doses of bicarbonate of soda three 
