208 £>ISEASES OF tHE HOd. 



CHAPTER XXIII. 

 DISEASES OF THE GENERATIVE ORGANS. 



The pig is not subject to diseases of these organs 

 for the same reasons that have been mentioned 

 before, that they are brought to maturity and 

 the greater number of them sold by the time they 

 are two years old or less. 



Difficult Parturition. — This is sometimes met 

 with in the sow, and on account of the passage be- 

 ing too small to admit the hand, in the majority of 

 sows, it is sometimes with great difficulty that we 

 can relieve them. If a sow has been straining for 

 some time and making no progress, it will be nec- 

 essary to examine it to find the cause. Causes : The 

 parts may not be properly dilated, or the passage 

 may be too small to allow the foetus to pass, or 

 the parts may not be strong enough to expel the 

 foetus. In other cases several may be expelled and 

 one or more seem to block up the passage. Every 

 farmer and stock breeder should have a pair of 

 parturition forceps for the pig. They can be ob- 

 tained from Frank Wagner & Co., manufacturers 

 of revolving and obstetrical instruments, Mans- 

 field, Ohio. These instruments are the best in the 

 market at the present time. 



