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preventive treatment is of great importance, and mucli| 

 better results are thus obtained than by the use of 

 medical agents. Medical treatment consists in first 

 cleaning away the irritant present in the bowels. For 

 this purpose give one to two tablespoonfuls of Castor Oil. 

 At the time of farrowing all sows should receive a light 

 diet and be kept in clean, dry quarters. The pigs should 



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be allowed pure air, sunshine and exercise. If the sow 

 appears hot and feverish, give one to three ounces of 

 Castor Oil in milk or swill. Avoid feeding decomposed, 

 moldy food, or sour milk. To check the diarrhoea in 

 pigs, use the following after the irritant is removed or 

 cleaned out as above stated: Zinc Sulphocarbolates, 

 thirty grains ; Protan, two ounces ; Pulv. Gentian Eoot, 



