394 The Diseases of Animals 



In addition to the above symptoms, in chronic cases 

 there is often swelling of the joints, with lameness. 

 The skin also cracks and large sores, often result. In 

 those cases when there is diarrhea in the early stages, 

 there is usually a better chance of recovery. Many 

 swine -raisers who have had experience with cholera 

 think it is economy to kill an animal as soon as it shows 

 signs of the disease, as few ever recover, and those that 

 do, recuperate slowly and require a long period of care. 

 Animals that recover are immune to future attacks. 

 When swine plague is prominently associated with 

 the cholera, there is coughing, panting and short, 

 labored breathing, especially when the animal is quickly 

 exercised. 



Post-mortem examination reveals inflammation of the 

 lungs, due to swine plague, some inflammation of the 

 heart and its coverings, irritation of the small intes- 

 tines, with ulcers on the mucous membrane lining the 

 large intestine. Intestinal worms are frequently found 

 in considerable numbers. 



Medicinal treatment of hog cholera is very unsatis- 

 factory. Scores of remedies, regarding which wonderful 

 assertions were made, have been exploited, With little 

 or no benefit, except to the person who sells them at a 

 large profit. Some remedies benefit the sick animal 

 by toning up the system, or by supplying needed min- 

 eral elements. The following remedy suggested by 

 the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of 

 Agriculture, and commonly known as the "government 

 remedy," is as good as any, and much cheaper than 

 most of them: 



