Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-12-14
QUA NATIONAL RLEssIves.
The Swine Plague.


from Venango county, Pa, says the
hogs are dying off in great numbers in
that section. They are sick eight to
ten days and then die; get blind, hind
parts almost useless; stagger from one
side to other with hind parts; have q
cough; when dead find lungs solidifed.
The Farmer answers: "Solidificaton
as you express it, is hepatization, show.
ing red and brown color, hard and
firm, with the pleura adhering to the
pleura OF the ribs, by extTavasated
blood. Our opinion is that it is contag
ious and contact is to be avoided by all
means. Every case ought to be stamp
ed ont Immediately and the carcas,
buried and every vestage of bedding
or litter of any kind removed from the
farmysrd SO that no animal can come
in contact to propagate the disease.
PLEURA PNEUMONIA.
Mr.. William Baker who is q dealer
in fine sheep, brought to my Office the
lungs of fine lamb which had died the
same day. Upon Microscopic examina-
ton l found the same pathological con-
dition as that of man who had died
of pneumonia-in the stage of exuda-
ito or red hepatization. Mr.. B. has
lost two lambs and there are six more
down with the same trouble. ] have
not seen them, but Mr.. h. says they
act just like a horse or a hog that has
the thumps, and that they void co.sid
cradle urine. They breathe short and
quick; the breath is hot, with consider
able cough. These sheep were expos
ed to a snow storm followed by cold
rain. Taking this and the condition of
the lungs into consideration, pro-
nounce it pneumonia.
This is q true case of pleura-pneum-
onia, and in the owners opinion was
caused by exposure TO snow storm !;
however that may be, cases Of contact
with the disease, or where other stock
has been, is the most likely way that d
contagious disease of lungs may have
been communicated to the flock Of
sheep. We find in post mortems of
lung fever the cadaveric LESSONS, which
consist chiefly of abundance of false
membranes IN the trachea, an enclos-
ure OF the bronchial tubes by plastic
lymph. The air vesicles are complete
ly plugged up by this material. On
stirring the lungs i'll an advanced state,
Repatriation is observed, presenting a
very peculiar appearance, which IS III a
great measure due to the arrangement
of the lung tissue in cattle or sheep, as
well as other farm stock. The pulmon-
ary lobules are deep red or brown
color. perfectly consolidated, and inter-
sected or separated one from the other
bv lighter streaks Of redish-yell oN'
lymph, occupying the interlobular er-
olar tissue. This occurs from gangrene
asd putrefactive changes, or in some
instances from the ulceratives process
SO constantly observed in this segrega-
ton of dead from living tissues.
Assesses are not infrc quently found
in different parts of the lungs. True
EN- hysema is not often seen, but at all
times the adhesions between the costal
and visceral pleura are extensive, and
there is much effusion in the chest.
Further description is unnecessary, as
your description is correct, but the out
ward signs of coughing and prostration
accompanied with a wasting Of the
system, is enough TO alarm the owner.
Separate the sick from the healthy.
We do not positively say it is an cpl.
zootic form, but we think it is contag-
ious, and would advise the stamping
out process. Give every sheep mix
ture of sulphate Of iron one ounce.
powdered coriander seed four ounces,
powdered cinchona one-half ounce;
mix and make up into six powders and
give one powder to every five sheep, in
grain feed, every evening, with salt and
a little sulphur in the morning. Ohio
Farmer