DISEASES OF SWINE 1G5 



at one time. There is always danger of some of the 

 liquid escaping into the lungs and causing the hog to 

 strangle, and thus it may produce pneumonia. How- 

 ever, this is the best method of giving hogs medicine by 

 force. 



Hogs will generally take medicine in their feed or 

 drinking w^ater, unless they are very sick, or the medi- 

 cine is extremely disagreeable to the taste. 



BAG INFLAMMATION 



Cause: Injuries, obstructed teats, accumulation of 

 milk in the sow^s bag after the loss of part of or all of 

 her litter. Difficult birth, slight wounds in the bag per- 

 mit invasion of germs, which is frequently the common 

 cause of bag inflammation. 



Symptoms: Heat, pain and swelling in one or more 

 teats. The general body temperature is elevated one or 

 two degrees above normal. The sow perhaps refuses 

 her feed, although she will drink water in large 

 quantities. 



Teeatment : Feed soft, sloppy food and vegetables. 

 Give Epsom Salts, two to four ounces, in milk or feed. 

 It is also well to milk the sow by hand, relieving her of 

 the milk three or four times a day. This is very nec- 

 essary. Camphorated Oil is very soothing, and I would 

 recommend its use freelv onlv over affected teats. 



BLACK TOOTH 



Cause : Black Tooth, so called in swine, is principally 

 due to injuries to the teeth received by chewing hard 

 matter, such as bone, etc., which causes them to decay. 



Symptoms: Toothache. Toothache in swine is sim- 

 ilar to that exhibited by man, in show^ing loss of appe- 

 tite, salivation, or slobbering, hanging the head mostly 

 to the side which is affected, loss of fear of man, and 

 offensive breath. If the hogs are fed on strongly acid 

 food for anv lenerth of time, their teeth mav become 



