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Treatment.— Preventive treatment consists in being careful in mauii)- 

 uiating tlie passasos -vvlK'n aiding in parturition, and in preventing tlie 

 infection of tlie parts by the proper use of antiseptics. The genital canal 

 should be washed out twice daily with a two per cent, solution of creolin. 

 A gallon or more of warm water should be used, and it is best to adminis- 

 ter the douch with a' fountain syringe. A cathartic can be given if 

 necessary. If depressed, alcoholic stimulants can be given. Quinine and 

 salicylate of soda (twenty grains of each) and gentian (ten grains) should 

 be given every four hours. This should be kept up until the fever has 

 subsided and the appetite has returned. Nothing but slops should be 

 fed. Tonics, good feed, and good care are very necessary in the chronic 

 form of the disease. 



Surgical Diseases. Choking. Causes.— Choking may be due to sharp 

 objects when swallowed penetrating the mucous membrane lining the 

 pharynx or oesophagus and attempting to swallow objects (potatoes, roots, 

 etc.) too large to pass down the canal. Paralysis of the oesophagus may 

 sometimes cause it. 



Symptoms.— If the choke is complete the hog is unable to swallow 

 food, saliva dribbles from the mouth, tympanitis may develop and if not 

 relieved death will occur from suffocation. The animal may get rid of 

 the choke by vomiting. In partial choke there is difficulty in swallowing 

 and salivation. In thin hogs if the object is lodged in the pharynx it 

 may be felt by pressing the pharynx with the fingers. If the foreign 

 body is lodged in this region, instead of grunting the hog will make a 

 shrill sound. 



Treatment.— If the -foreign body is lodged in the pharynx it may be 

 pushed forward by pressing below It with the fingers, or a blunt flexible 

 stick may be used in dislodging it. Mucilaginous drenches can be given. 

 We must be careful, however, and not allow the drench to get into the 

 air passages. Unless relieved soon after the accident has occurred it is 

 best to slaughter the animal. 



Hernia. Rupture.— Hernia is a condition in Avhich a portion of the 

 intestines or omentum have passed through the walls of the abdomen 

 and lie just beneath the skin. Hernia in pigs Is due to congenital defects, 

 as an open umbilicus and a wide inguinal canal, and to increased pressure 

 on the walls of the abdomen by the intestines caused by the pigs piling 

 up and lying on each other and to crawling through a small opening in 

 the pen or fence. Congenital hernia makes its appearance soon after 

 birth. 



Umbilical Ilmila. Synipttniis.— Umbilical hernia is recognized by the 

 presence of a swelling tumur below the navel opening. The swelling 

 is soft and free from Inflammation and may be larger at one time than 

 at another. By laying the pig on its back and pressing downwards on 

 the swelling It may dlsai)pear. Pigs with umbilical hernia do not thrive 

 as tlicv sluiuld .Tiid sonu'tlmrs become "runted." 



