86 A MANUAL ON THE HOG. 



fed on light diet, such as porridge, skim-milk, buttermilk, 



etc. 



COLIC. 



This malady is quite common among hogs, especially 

 with those confined in pens, and is usually caused by un- 

 wholesome food, or cold, wet, and filthy sties. Its symp- 

 toms are, " restlessness, cries of pain, rolling on the ground, 

 etc. A dose of castor oil, proportionate to the size of the 

 patient, with, perhaps, a little ginger in it, and administered 

 in warm milk, will generally give speedy relief; or, if the 

 first should not, the dose must be repeated." 



DIARRHOEA. 



Sudden changes in the supply of food, either from scan- 

 ty to excessive feeding, or the reverse, will produce this dis- 

 ease. It may be caused, also, by unwholesome food, such 

 as rotten corn, or green cotton seed, or by excessively nu- 

 tricious diet, fed in large quantity. " It consists in a fre- 

 quent discharge of the fcecal matter, in a thin or slimy 

 state, but not actually altered, and arises from inflamma- 

 tion, or congestion of the mucous lining of the intestines. 



The best remedy for it is the compound commonly called 

 calve's cordial, viz : Prepared chalk, one ounce ; powdered 

 catechu, half ounce ; powdered ginger, two drachms ; pow- 

 dered opium, half a drachm ; mixed and dissolved in half a 

 pint of peppermint water. From half an ounce to an ounce 

 of this mixture, according to the size of the animal, should 

 be given twice a day, and strict attention paid to the diet ; 

 which should consist, as much as possible, of dry, farina- 

 cious food."* 



" The bi-carbonate of soda will, in a majority of cases, 

 be sufficient for these cases. It might be combined with a 

 little calomel, thus: calomel, forty grains; bi-carbonate of 

 soda, one ounce ; to be divided into four doses ; a dose three 

 or four times a day, in bran mash or corn meal."f 



*Youatt. fKeasor. 



