DISORDERS OF SWINE. 



(3 WINE are subject to many disorders ; but they 

 are so similar to those before noticed in other ani- 

 mals, as to render a regular detail unnecessary. 

 Most of the complaints of this animal arise from the 

 want of cleanliness. Swine delight in clean litter 

 and a clean sty, and they are never healthy and 

 thriving when this is neglected. 



1. Cracked Ears. 



Where the parts behind the ears, as is often the 

 case in some sorts of swine, crack and become sore 

 in hot seasons, they should be anointed with a little 

 saturine ointment; and where the udders of the 

 sows take on hard glandular swellings, as is some- 

 times the case, the use of camphorated saturine 

 washes or ointments may be employed with benefit, 

 care being taken to have the parts clean wiped be- 

 fore the pigs are admitted to suck. In such cases, 

 half a dram of calomel may likewise be usefully 

 given every second or third night, for two or three 

 times, by which a favourable change may be induced. 



2. Spaying. 



This is the operation of cutting, castrating, or re- 

 moving the female parts of different kinds of ani- 



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