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treatment for thumps is to reduce the amount of feed, give 

 a laxative, and make sure that the pigs get exercise. 



Scours. Scours, or too great laxness in the digestive 

 tract, are caused in young pigs by overfeeding, a feverish 

 condition of the mother sow, soured feeds, dirty troughs, 

 or some other unsanitary condition connected with their 

 feeding. The first step in applying a remedy is to find 

 and remove the cause. If the trouble continues, each pig 

 may be given a few drops of laudanum. 



Worms. Worms are a source of great trouble in 

 raising pigs. Through rooting in the dirt, and being fed 

 on dirt floors, young pigs pick up certain kinds of worms 

 which continue to live in their digestive organs. Pigs 

 never thrive when afflicted with worms. The coat shows 

 rough, growth is hindered, the general health affected, and 

 a large proportion of the feed wasted. A simple remedy 

 is to give one teaspoonful of turpentine to sixty or eighty 

 pounds of hog, and repeat the dose in three days. Another 

 remedy is five grains of santonin combined with three grains 

 of calomel for each sixty or eighty pounds of hog. This 

 should be followed by an effective physic. Whatever the 

 remedy employed, the pigs should be starved for twelve 

 hours before being dosed. 



Lice. Many hogs are lousy. The lice can easily be 

 detected by looking between the legs or behind the ears. 

 Hogs suffering with lice will make a slower growth and 

 fatten less easily than clean hogs. So important is this 

 matter that many hog raisers provide as a part of their 

 equipment a dipping tank, in which some form of crude 

 oil or coal tar is used as a bath. Where the dipping 

 tank is not available, or in the case of young pigs, the 

 remedy should be sprayed or rubbed on. 



Tuberculosis. Hogs, like various other animals, are 



