Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-09-08
zoa CHOLERA.
TREFoREsr FARM, Rugby, Tenn.

ana 0ther districts OF what is popu.
larly known as "hog cholera" and
OF the natural anxiety that exists
amongst the owners of superior
breeds Of swine, I think the present
a fitting opportunity for collating a
few ideas on the subject that posi-
bly, may be Of use. The subject is
wide, and cannot be intelligently
treated within the limits prescribed
for this letter; l shall therefore
indicate in this what may develop
on a future occasion.
There appears to be four we'll
defined forms of this disease of
which | select t,co:
(o). Gangrenous.--Symptoms
Animal appears to be dull and weak;
refuses food; gait unsteady; roots
in its bed; fever intermittent; bowels
constipated; dung hard and dis
colored. Red spots appear on in
side Of legs, on the belly, breast and
neck; breathing difficult; hind
quarters become paralyzed; convul-
sions set in and the sick animal
dies.
Treatment: Active emetic; after
wards calomel or sulphate of soda,
and If the latter is chosen, diluted
acids,especially diluted carbolic acid
Zone part Of crystallized acid to two
parts glycerine and 100 parts water).
Wash animal in diluted carbolic
acid q to 8 parts to 100 of water).
The above medicine should be
given with extreme care with a
spoon, and in repeated doses.
~. Acknowledgements !:
Wheeling; laborious breathing !;
hoarse grunting; great heat; dry
ness of shout; swelling of the tongue;
mucous membranes of mouth brown
red color; difficulty of swallowing !;
fever high; animals either lie down
or sit on their launches like dog.
Treatment: Emetic of powdered
hellebore e to 20 grains), or tartar
emetic. Give either in a little milk
or with pinch of flour and a little
water, or in a piece of boiled potato,
as pile. Afterwards any of the
following in chemists doses Sui
phate of soda, sulphate of potash,
sulphate of magnesia, saltpetre or
calomel. Wash the animal in tepid
dilute carbolic acid Il part to 100
Of water).
Preventive remedies: Dilute acid,
sour buttermilk, unripe sour apples,
once a week a dose of sulphate of
soda, and especially now and then
little carbolic acid in water for
thinking purposes.
The above are taken from a treatise
IN so-called "Hoy Cholera" by DR..
h. |. Delmers, Professor of Veter-
nary Science in the Missouri Agri-
cultural College.
"A. w. NJ in the Farmer, re-
'ommends the following as a pre-
'entiue: Sulphur, 2 h.; copperas,
lb.; madder, 2 h.; black atimony,
h.; saltpeter, ! lb.; arsenic, 2 oz.:
md is mixed with slop enough for
few doses all round-a pint to
ach hog. The above is sufficient
or 100 hogs. He says, "not one
he'd that had life enough to waM to
he trough and drink"
Prof. l. B. Turner, in the Prairie
Farmer, gives the following as pre-
sntiue:: | PIX. rood ashes, 4 lb. salt,
lb. black antimony, l lb. copperas
lb. sulphur, / ID. saltpeter. Pound
nd mix thoroughly, moisten enough
0 prevent waste and place where
he hogs can get it when they
lease.
A correspondent of the Courier
oarnat furnishes the following as a
peci6c: Dissolve lb. of copperas
l three gallons of warm water, and
pply the wash to the affected animal
Il the skin is thoroughlywet. Apply '
lie wash every day until all scales :
re removed. {