WHEN A FIG DIES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 208, 3 August 1937, Page 4

WHEN A FIG DIES.

If you,are unlucky enough to lose a pig. and "do not know what has caused its death, you generally obtain some guidance from the appearance of the carcase. For example, if the skin on the under-parts inside the legs and behind the ears is noticea.bly red you should at ones suspect swine fever and notify a veterinary surgeon. Swine erysipelas is usually accompanied by a purplish discolouration of the skin, while.with liver disease you may look for a markeel yellow tinge. That . much-drr.aded disease! anthrax, is ordina.rilv revealed by a thick hard swelling in the throat, and when this iis discovered the carcase should bo left severely alone until it has been submitted to expert inspection. Enlarged, but not, usually, hard glands under the bottom of the jaw are a sign of tuberculosis. One of these days it is to he hoped research workers will find some moans of ensuring early and accurate diagnosis of both swine fever, and erysipelats. but until then I am afraid the pig breeder will go on suffering loss in consequence of this ...know-, ledge not being available (says an English writer).