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from obstinate constipation. Treatment : If there is one tiling more 

 than another that I advocate for this ailment it is croton oil. I know 

 of no other animal that can stand dosing with croton oil like the pig, 

 and I have frequently given from 5 to 30 drops of croton oil, mixed with 

 I to 2 ounces of olive oil and half a pint of milk. Warm water enemas 

 must be given three or four times in the 24 hours, while two quarts of 

 cold water in which a dessert-spoonful of bicarbonate of soda has been 

 dissolved can be offered to drink, and this should be changed every 

 four or five hours. 



283. Diarrhoea, or Scour, is occasionally seen in the adult 

 animal, and is generally the result of some offending matter in the 

 alimentary canal or system ;. in fact scour is at times nature's own cure. 

 When seen, a dose of castor oil and laudanum may be given at the onset, 

 followed up with bicarbonate of soda and bismuth (see appendix). Young 

 pigs are great sufferers from Diarrhoea when sucking, and it is mostly 

 due to damp floors, bad drainage, and scarcit}' of good dry bedding ; in 

 fact, the want of good sanitation . Treatment : First clean out the sty ; 

 thoroughly wash down the walls and floor with boiling water and 

 carbolic acid ; then lime-wash the walls. A good dry bed should be 

 made of short straw or chaff, and the mother given teaspoonful doses 

 of bicarbonate of soda three times a day in her food. 



284. Worms. — As a rule pigs do not suffer so much from worms 

 in the intestinal canal as might be supposed, considering the animal's 

 filthy habits ; there are, however, several kinds of worms found in the 

 pig, the most common being the Ascavis Snilla, a worm, creamy white 

 m colour and varying from three to seven inches in length, which is 

 found in the stomach and small intestine, and is of the nematode 

 or round worm order. Symptoms : When infected with worms, the 

 animal is restless, and hide-bound, with the skin dirty, dry, and scaly, 

 the belly is tucked up, and the back arched ; there is occasional 

 diarrhoea, and vomiting, and, when the worms are numerous, 

 convulsions or fits. Treatment : The medicines named for worms 

 in the dog (par. 278) can be given in a little milk, or the powders can 

 be mixed in castor oil and milk, and administered by the aid of a clog 



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