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Symptoms. Membrane of the nose swollen and dry; sneezing; no desire 

 to eat ; discharge and inflammation of the nose. 



Treatment. Give the affected hog 15 grains of saltpeter and 2 drams of 

 ginger. Follow this with two-grain doses of quinine several times daily. The 

 animal should be given good care. Strong salt water cleanses the stomach. 

 Smartweed may be given. Mint leaves are good for clearing out the passages. 



Navel Hernia. 



Sometimes a pig lays on a sharp stick or falls upon erne and when it rises 

 the bowel or part of one comes through. Also in farrowing a projection of 

 the bowels through an opening is not uncommon. Reopening of an improper 

 tied navel often permits a bowel to come partly through. 



Symptoms. A puffy soft bunch at the navel which can be pressed back 

 through the opening into the body. If the rupture is small, it seldom causes 

 trouble and needs nothing done to it unless it stops the circulation. A pro- 

 trusion is dangerous however as the bowel itself might be punctured and the 

 inflammation set up may develop complications. 



Treatment. Place the pig on its back and press the bowel and covering 

 back into place. Pick up the hide and put two wooden pins which have been 

 boiled and sterilized through it at right angles to each other and close to the 

 abdomen. Tie a string around back of these pins and close to the body. Do 

 not tie the string too tight. This operation causes the skin to soon unite. 

 The loose skin drops off in about ten days and the pig is well. Many farmers 

 have explained this and it is an easy and safe method if just proper common 

 sense precautions are taken to prevent infection. 



Obstruction of the Bowels. 



Eating bones, rooting in gravel, too hard coal, bad food and clusters of 

 worms attached to bowel lining is called obstruction of the bowels. 



Symptoms. Sometimes the trouble starts quickly and severe pain results. 

 It is a serious ailment and great care should be taken to keep the bowels 

 from becoming punctured from the inside. In such instances there can be 

 no cure and the animal dies. 



Treatment. Giving soapy water causes vomiting and may bring up the 

 obstruction. Linseed oil or any medicine that may -grease the passages will 

 help to release the obstacle. An injection of warm soapy water will help. 



Paralysis. 



Severe straining of the back resulting from sorrie accident while young or 

 being stepped upon by another animal affects the spinal column and develops 

 a helpless condition due to loss of the muscles. The base of the brain is often 

 affected; blows on the loins ; mistakes in feeding; or other ailments also cause 

 it. 



