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DISEASES OF SWINE 



f ul drug to give in this disease. The dose is twenty 

 or thirty grains in the feed, or as a drench, three 

 times a day. Larger doses, and at more frequent 

 intervals, may be given in acute cases for a short 



FIG. 10 — A LITTER OF PIGS AFFECTED WITH RICKETS 



time. Quinine and bitter tonics can also be given. 

 Blistering ointments and liniments should be applied 

 to the inflamed articulations. 



RICKETS— RHACHITIS 



Rickets is a disease affecting the bones, and, accord- 

 ing to some writers on this disease, is most common 

 in growing pigs shortly after they are weaned. In 

 rickets, the bones of the body are lacking in mineral 

 or earthy matter, and as a result lose their rigidity 



