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Eversion (Turning Out of the Rectum). 



Poorly kept, neglected pigs are subject to protrusion of the rectum. 

 Straining in pig birth, diarrhea or constipation cause eversion. 



Treatment. Make the patient as comfortable as possible and give a diet 

 of easily digested food. Empty the protruding part, clean it with warm water, 

 gently return the part and push it up a little ways inside the opening. The 

 finger should be oiled, with nails short and smooth. 



Fits in Pigs. 



Improper food regulation, worms and lack of exercise on account of small 

 pens develop poor bowel conditions and cause fits to pigs. 



Symptoms. Poor appearance is first shown ; then the animal shakes and 

 trembles violently. The pig gets stiff, stumbles and struggles a short time. 

 In a little while he gets up and acts well but later has another attack. 



Treatment. Proper attention and a wide range will do a lot toward 

 proper regulation of health. Put y 2 teaspoonful of turpentine in y 2 cup of 

 linseed oil and give in two doses. Repeat it each day if necessary for several 

 days. Ginger in a mash is good to relieve worms. 



Gum Mouth. 



This disease manifests itself in eruptions of the small sacs in the cheeks, 

 lips and tongue. It is a comparatively rare disease, but care should be taken 

 to keep it from spreading. Contagion or filthy condition of premises cause this 

 disease. 



Symptoms. Animal eats very little; restlessness ; a little fever; distress- 

 ful and staring expression of the eyes, slavering and gnashing of teeth. Later 

 yellowish white pimples that are full of pus come on the cheeks, lips and 

 tongue. These pimples, though yellowish-white at first, soon change to brown 

 and then to black. There is a little swelling at the base of each pimple. 



Treatment. First isolate the sick animal to prevent spreading of the con- 

 tagion. Put him in a dry, clean place. Put two ounces of alum into three 

 pints of water and apply to the affected parts three or four times a day. Make 

 a hot liquid food of milk and meal to feed the patient if he lacks strength. 

 When the pimples appear, it will usually be best to open them with a sharp 

 edged spoon (a tin spoon is good) and remove their contents thoroughly. 

 Care must be taken not to allow the pig to swallow the pus. Also the operator 

 must not allow any of the pus to touch him as it is dangerous should there be 

 a break in his skin. Apply a weak carbolic acid solution to the sores after 

 removing the pimples. 



Hog Cholera and Swine Plague. 



Hog Cholera and Swine Plague are so nearly alike that they will be 

 treated as the same disease. The difference in them can only be told by 

 examination of the dead body. In many states, the ravages of this disease 

 cost the farmers over a million dollars annually. Hogs come down with hog 

 cholera from about seven to fourteen days after being exposed. 



