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SWINE— DISEASES AND REMEDIES. 



evidently wasting, medicine will be in a 

 manner useless, and warmth and cleanli- 

 ness, and food that has no heating qual- 

 ity, afford the only chance of cure. 



' SWINE, Sore Ears.— There are often 

 troublesome cracks and sores at the back 

 of the large lop-ears of some breeds. If 

 there is any disposition to mange, it is 

 most evident about the ears of these ani- 

 mals, and the mischief is sadly aggravat- 

 ed when brutes in human shape set every 

 ferocious dog at the stray pig, the favor- 

 ite hold of which is the ear. The Heal- 

 ing Cleaning Ointment for Cattle (See 

 No. 10, Domestic Animals, Medicines 

 for,) will most readily heal the sores. 



SWINE, Costiveness. — This is not an 

 uncommon complaint of the confined 

 and fattening hog, and is easily removed 

 by the Epsom salts, or by five grains of 

 calomel being given in a little of the 

 animal's favorite food. It will be danger- 

 ous, however, to push the calomel beyond 

 the second or third dose, for the hog is 

 very easily salivated. The bowels having 

 been well opened, a dose of the Alterative 

 Powder (See No. 89, Domestic Animals, 

 Medicines for), given every fourth day 

 will be very beneficial, and will hasten 

 the fattening of the styed hog that ex- 

 hibits any disposition to costiveness. 



Sometimes, however, this costiveness is 

 produced by inflammation of the bowels, 

 which is attended by considerable pain, 

 heat and tenderness of the abdomen, 

 with a quick pulse, and other symptoms 

 of fever, and sometimes by fits and in- 

 sensibility. The treatment should consist 

 of copious bleeding, oily laxatives, clys- 

 ters, warm fomentations to the abdomen, 

 and, if the animal is not too large, warm 

 baths. 



SWINE, Red Eruption in.— This dis- 

 ease is somewhat analogous to scarlet fe- 

 ver. It makes its appearance in the form 

 of red pustules on the back and belly, 

 which gradually extend to the whole 

 body. 



The external remedy is: Powdered 

 bloodroot, half an ounce; boiling vine- 

 gar, one pint. When cool, it should be 

 rubbed on the external surface. The 

 diet should consist of boiled vegetables, 

 coarse meal, etc., with a small dose of 

 sulphur every night. 



SWINE, Dropsy in. — The animal is 

 sad and depressed, the appetite fails, re- 



spiration is performed with difficulty, and 

 the belly swells. 



Keep the animal on a light, nutritive 

 diet, and give a handful of juniper ber- 

 ries, or cedar buds, daily. If these fat!, 

 give a table-spoonful of fir balsam daily. 

 SWINE, Catarrh in. — Occasional fits 

 of coughing, accompanied with a mucous 

 discharge from the nose and mouth 

 caused by exposure to cold and damp 

 weather. 



Give a liberal allowance of gruel made 

 with powdered elm or marshmallows, and 

 give a teaspoonful of balsam copaiba, or 

 fir balsam, every night. The animal must 

 be kept comfortably warm. 



SWINE, Diarrhoea in. — For the treat- 

 ment of this malady, see division Sheep, 

 Scours. 



SWINE, Frenzy in. — This makes its 

 appearance suddenly. The animal, hay- 

 ing remained in a passive and stupid 

 state, suddenly appears much disturbed, 

 to such a degree that it makes irregular 

 movements, strikes its head against every- 

 thing it meets, scrapes with its feet, places 

 itself quite erect alongside of the sty, 

 bites anything in its way, and frequently 

 whirls itself round, after which it sudden- 

 ly becomes more tranquil. 



SWINE, Itch in. — Itch may be cured 

 by anointing with equal parts of lard and 

 brimstone. Rubbing posts, and a running 

 stream to wallow in, are preventives. 



SWINE, Kidney Worms in.— The kid- 

 ney worm is frequently fatal; and always 

 produces weakness of the loins and hind 

 legs, usually followed by entire prostra- 

 tion. A pig thus far gone is hardly 

 worth the trouble of recovering, even 

 where practicable. 



SWINE, Preventives. — Preventives are 

 general thrift, a range in a good pasture, 

 and a dose of half a pint of wood ashes 

 every week or fortnight in their food. A 

 small quantity of saltpetre, spirits of tur- 

 pentine, or tar, will effect the same object. 

 When attacked, apply spirits of turpen- 

 tine to the loins, and administer calomel 

 carefully ; or give half a tablespoonful of 

 copperas daily for one or two weeks. 



SWINE, Blind Staggers. — Blind stag- 

 gers is generally confined to pigs, and 

 manifests itself in foaming at the mouth, 

 rearing on their hind legs, champing and 

 grinding their teeth, and apparent blind- 

 ness. The proper remedies are bleeding 



