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mitis is identified. There may be abnormal sexual 

 excitement. 



Treatment. Unless the animal is very valuable for 

 breeding purposes, castration should be resorted to; 

 otherwise, remove the cause and apply hot compresses, 

 or alternating hot and cold compresses, upon the affected 

 glands. Place the patient in comfortable quarters and 

 where there will be no occasion for sexual excitement. 

 Tumors 



Testicular tumors are not common but appear as 

 frequently in swine as in other animals. Both dermoid 

 and dentigerous cysts have been encountered in the 

 testicle, and while these are not destructive to life, they 

 damage the animal for breeding purposes. Sarcomas and 

 endotheliomas occasionally occur in the testicle, and are 

 usually primary. They are malignant tumors, however, 

 and swine with enlarged testicles are usually castrated. 

 Fortunately, the operation is commonly performed 

 before the tumors have metastasized, and thus the lives 

 of the swine are not sacrificed. 



SEQUELS TO CASTRATION 



Castration of male swine is the usual practice. The 

 proper age that pigs should attain before being castrated 

 depends somewhat upon climatic conditions. Castration 

 as a rule should be done about weaning time, for if there 

 should be any fatalities from the operation the loss will 

 be less then than later. It should not be delayed until 

 the swine are matured, or the meat will have a strong 

 flavor. Some have made a practice of castrating imme- 

 diately after the pigs are farrowed usually with good 

 success, as the operation does not appear to hinder 

 development. 



Castration of swine is usually practiced by the lay- 

 man and only occasionally do bad results ensue. 

 Hemorrhage 



Rarely does a pig bleed to death as a sequel to cas- 

 tration, but this does occur occasionally. Old boars are 

 prone to bleed freely unless proper precaution is taken. 



