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seventy parts water. Repeat this every ten days until 

 cured. Two dippings are generally sufficient. It is well 

 to feed cooling foods, such as clean slops and vegetables, 

 containing regulator and tonic as prescribed on first page 

 of this chapter. 



NAVEL RUPTURE 

 (Navel or Umbilical) 



Cause: Injuries. Pigs crowding through narrow 

 doorways or openings in fences, small pigs sleeping with 

 large pigs, and allowed to pile up, or being thrown about 

 feed troughs when feeding. Weakness and constipa- 

 tion also predisposes them to Navel or Umbilical 

 Rupture. 



Symptoms: A soft, puffy swelling about the navel 

 or umbilicus, varying in size from a hazelnut to that of 

 an ostrich ^gg. When a pig is placed on its back the 

 intestines will gravitate into the abdominal cavity, pro- 

 viding the intestines have not adhered to the walls of 

 the rupture. 



Treatment: This is more difficult than the Scrotal 

 or Inguinal Rupture operation, as often times the intes- 

 tines will adhere to the inner surface of the rupture and, 

 unless the operation is carefully performed, there is 

 great danger. Great care must be exercised in prepar- 

 ing the pig by fasting it for twenty- four hours. After 

 this is accomplished, prepare an antiseptic solution. 

 Carbolic Acid, five per cent, or Bichloride of Mercury, 

 one in one-thousandths ; also have a needle and absorbent 

 silk or cat-gut ready. Place the pig on its back, with its 

 head downward. Now, wash the seat of operation with 

 either antiseptic solution. Then make an incision 

 through the skin carefully; as stated before, intes- 

 tines sometimes adhere to the inner surface of the rup- 

 ture. If such is the case, wash the hands in the anti- 

 septic solution and w^ith the fingers carefully break the 

 adhesions or separate the intestines from their adhe- 



