^4 DISEASES OF THE HOCi. 



CHAPTER IV. 

 DISEASES OF THE STOMACH. 



Indigestion. — The pig, like other animals, suf- 

 fers at times from derangement of the stomach. 

 If fed for a long time on one kind of food it is likely 

 to be affected with indigestion, loss of appetite, 

 dullness and loss of flesh, and this condition is fa- 

 vorable for the development of worms or ulcera- 

 tion of the stomach. It is therefore necessary, in 

 order to keep a pig in good health, to give it a 

 mixed diet or complete change of food for a few 

 days. There are a number of diseases in other 

 parts of the body which are caused by a faulty 

 digestion, such as diarrhea, vomiting, lung and 

 skin diseases and a number of others. 



Symptoms of Indigestion: The appetite is 

 usually more or less impaired, and sometimes 

 wanting altogether, constituting "anorexia;'' in 

 other cases again there is a morbid craving for stuff 

 that they would not touch in health; they will come 

 up to the trough, take a few mouthfuls, then leave 

 off; in some cases the pig will press its nose against 

 the ground and may whine or squeal; sometimes 

 it will vomit up a thin, sour-smelling liquid mixe<l 

 with a little half masticated food; the bowels may 



