DISEASES OF SWINE TREATMENT 259 



Indigestion. 



Insufficient change of diet, lack of exercise, or eating poor food are the 

 usual causes of indigestion in all animals. 



Symptoms. Bowels either "bound up" or too loose; no desire to eat: 

 animal coughs ; urine is dark colored and stinted. The hog usually has a slight 

 fever. 



Treatment. In loose bowels an astringent should be given and then a 

 dose of raw linseed oil will have a healing effect. A dose of castor oil is from 

 one to two ounces and is good. If bowels are costive, give from one to two 

 ounces of salts. An injection of warm water helps. Coffee is good to prevent 

 sickness of the stomach. 



Inflamed Eyes. 



Exposure to heat; cold or sunshine; foreign bodies entering the eyes; 

 and living pens where there are foul vapors develop bad eyes. 



Symptoms. Inflamed eyeballs and tears falling over the cheeks. 



Treatment. Examine the eyes to remove any foreign substance and put 

 the pig in a dark pen. Wash the eyes with hot water and apply boric acid 

 and water (as much acid as the water will dissolve). If a scum comes over 

 the eyes, blow some calomel into them once each day. 



Inflamed Udder. 



Exposure to cold and wet, poor care, and loss of pigs leaving milk unused 

 develops sore and caked udders. 



Symptoms. Fever, a hard udder and drying up of bag; no desire to eat. 

 This may ruin the sow for further breeding so a good pigging or farrowing 

 pen should be used. 



Treatment. Keep the bowels loose with Glauber's salts. Wash the udder 

 with hot water several times daily. Apply camphorated vaseline to the udder 

 once each day. Lard is a good application to apply freely. 



Inflamed Womb. 



Many times a sow is not assisted properly in pigging; or is kept 'in an ill- 

 smelling, damp pen after pigging; or the rectum is turned out. Cleanliness 

 is essential in treatment of all animals. 



Symptoms. Dullness; no desire to eat; fever; and much distress. 



Treatment. The fever should be reduced by giving saltpeter, and the 

 womb washed out with boracic acid and warm boiled water. Put plenty of 

 the acid in the water. It is very good for cleansing and healing. To inject 

 the solution a fountain syringe will be found well adapted to this work. 



Kidney Worms. 



Many worms affect the different parts of an animal. Passage of them 

 or the eggs show their presence, as does also a poor appearance. Worm- 



