DISEASES OP THE HOG. 63 



This derangement causes the animal great annoy- 

 ance and at times more or less fever, loss of appe- 

 tite and a falling off in flesh. 



Treatment: The pig should get aloes, ten to 

 fifteen grains, calomel, six to eight grains when 

 this operates it will relieve the congestion and 

 often cure. If not, open the tumor and squeeze 

 out the blood and dress the part with a mixture of 

 twenty grains of tannic acid, one ounce glycerine 

 and one ounce water a little of this should be ap- 

 plied twice a day. Fifteen to twenty drops of 

 turpentine at a dose twice a day is very useful bal- 

 sam of copaiba in twenty to thirty drops once or 

 twice a day is also good. Cold water injected sev- 

 eral times a day relieves the inflammation, or a 

 teaspoonful of cold water injected several times a 

 day will be found beneficial. The animal should 

 be fed on laxative food, compound liquorice 

 powder is an excellent laxative in doses of thirty 

 to forty grains once a day. There are a number of 

 other remedies which are useful, but the above are 

 among the best. 



PROLAPSUS ANI. 



This derangement is frequently met with in the 

 pig. It is a protrusion of a part of the rectum 

 caused by w^eakness of the muscles of the bowels 

 and is often the result of either constipation or se- 

 vere diarrhea and dysentery or whatever causes se- 

 vere straining. Jt is usually the mucous membrane 

 which protrudes. If it remains out for some time 

 it swells and becomes of a dark color. Although 



