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DISEASES OF SWINE 



digest. It needs all the strength that he possesses to carry "on the 

 fight against the germ invaders. In the case of the simultaneous 

 treatment this starving for the first twenty-four hours is very im- 

 portant, and will materially make for better results. 



It is very important during these first few days after injection 

 to keep the animals as much as possible away from mud-holes, 

 insanitary hog wallows, and manure piles. Such dirt and filth can 

 have only one result. It is bound to cause the development of a 

 large number of abscesses from entrance of dirt into the puncture 

 wound left by the needle. Keep the animals in a clean feed lot 

 and a large number of these abscess cases will never develop. 



Fig. 



IS. — Injection of serum into ham of large hog. 

 White.) 



(Photo by Dr.. Geo. R. 



Treatment of Abscesses. — In those few cases where an abscess 

 does follow the injection of serum all that is necessary is to again 

 catch the animal, make a good free opening into the abscess sac 

 with a sharp, clean knife, and allow the pus to escape. This pus 

 should be received on cotton or old cloths and these immediately 

 burned to destroy the infectious germs. After the pus has been 

 squeezed out it is a good plan to paint the inside of the abscess 

 with a strong tincture of iodin. 



It is a very poor plan to let these abscesses run along and burst 

 of their own accord. It is a better plan to open them up with a 

 clean knife if it becomes necessary. In this manner the scattering 



