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SWINE AND THEIR DISEASES. 



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 Fig. 1299.— Brown's Pig Ring. 



few times. Whatever remedy is 

 used should be applied several 

 times, as lice may be picked up 

 again from the rubbing-places, or 

 nits on the body may hatch out. 

 If the herd is infested, a persist- 

 ent fight may need to be waged 

 for some time. It is well to 

 whitewash the pens and all., 

 wood work with which the hogs 

 come in contact, and to sprinkle 

 the floors occasionally with ashes. 



MANGE, ITCH, OR SCAB! 



These names are given to diseases of the skin caused by para- 

 sites. The sarcoptes suis, common to dogs and swine, burrows in 

 canals in the scarfskin, and is difficult to find and eradicate. Mange 

 is due to this, and the only means of cure is to destroy the insect 

 and its eggs. These may be found not only, on the body of the pig, 



Fie. 1300. — Method of Inserting Brown's Ring. 



but on the wood-work of the pen, wherever the hog has rubbed 

 against it. The mange usually appears on the skin, under the arm- 

 pits and thighs, and inside the fore legs, in the form of small red 

 blotches or pimples. The treatment is mainly external. Cover the 

 body with soft soap (which should be washed off after an hour or 

 two, with warm water). When the pig is dry, cover the body with 

 the following : — 



