Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-02-06

herd, until he finds one or more
! hogs dead. Then, on careful obser-
walton, he notices that all of his
hogs are not present at the feeding
hour. and, on looking them up. he
finds them under the hog house or
| down in the woods lying around
without any inclination to move. II
| the hogs are stirred up, they will
| appear weak. especially in the hind
legs, ears hanging loosely at the
| side of the head, tail straight and
| back arched. If the lungs are af-
fected, they may cough
If these hogs are caused to move
little, they will without exception
urinate or defecate. The urine is of
dark color and of a strong odor. The
| feces may be hard and dry, or, If
the condition has existed for some
| little time, the feceS may be looser
or even in liquid state. These
animals usually have fever, and, II
Noticed for a while, reddening OF
the eyes accompanied by a dis
charge which tends to glue the eye
lids together will be noticed. Red or
purple spots may be seen on the belly
and inside of the front hind legs.
In other outbreaks where the type
Of the disease it not so severe or is
a chronic nature, the hogs do not
die so suddenly. After they show
signs of sickness, such as loss of
appetite, weakness, constipation or
diarrhea, rough hair coats, ears
loose, pendulous and tail straight;
they linger along for weeks or
months before they succdmb.
When cholera begins in herd, the
hogs do not all become sick at once,
usually at first one or two are
noticed to be sick, but the disease
will continue until almost every hog
gets sick
Hogs dying from hog cholera show
changes in the different organs OF
the body which will be presentwin
the majority of cases. The organs
of the body show pathological
changes which point to septicemia
or that the virus of hog cholera is
present in the blood. In the eXami1>A-
ton of the carcass after the death
of a hog from cholera, the skin
should first be examined for purple
spots on the belly and inside of the
legs. The carcass is usually opened
in manner similar to butchering,
being careful not to cut any of the
internal organs at this. time.
Lungs-In the acute state Of the
disease the lungs frequently show
small red spots (petechia) ranging
in size from a pinhead to a small
pea, scattered here and there over
the surface. The spots cannot be
washed off. These petechia are an
important indication of hog cholera
In other cases where the disease
is not so acute, the lungs or portion
Of them are found to be solid and Of
grayish or dark red color instead
of finding them soft, filled with air
and of pinkish color as in healthy
animals.
Heart-When the heart is remov-
ed from the membraneous sack sur
rounding it, small blood spots will.
in great many cases, be seen on
the auricles or upper portion of the
heart.
LarynX and Trachea-The mucous
membrane lining the larynx and ira
chea shows petechia quite fire.
quently.
Spleen or Melt-In acute cases of
hog. cholera the spleen or melt is
invariably larger, darker and softer
than normal. Hemorrhages may be
seen under the capsule as darkened
or hlackened area on the surface, or
around the borders of the spleen.
Kidneys-On the kidneys small pin
point hemorrhages are present,
causing the appearance of the kid
ney to resemble a turkey egg.
Bladder-Small hemorrhages may
be seen ON the serous or outside sur
face of the bladder in some cases,
while small hemorrages are present
in most cases on the mucous or in
side Surface If anY urine is nras