PARASITES OF SWINE. 



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After some effort the an- 

 imal gets up and runs 

 quite rapidly in a 

 straight line, but swings 

 to one side for awhile, 

 and then goes over to' 

 the other side, and fi- 

 nally gets down so that 

 it cannot rise, and can 

 only drag itself about. 

 The appetite is good un- 

 til a day qr two before 

 death. 



There is no better rem- 

 edy in the line of consti- 

 tutional treatment than 



Fig. 1318.— Apparatus for Preparing Steamed food. 



nux vomica or its alkaloid, strychnine. Apply over the loins a 

 liniment composed of one part of cantharides, two parts of olive-oil, 

 and two parts of oil of turpentine. Internal treatment should begin 

 with a laxative consisting of three drams of powdered castor-bean 

 seeds and eight ounces of rye flour, mixed in a quart of sour milk 

 gruel, of which the animal may drink the first thing in the morning. 

 This may be repeated once a week. Half of the dose will suffice for 

 young pigs. The following internal treatment may be repeated twice 

 or three times daily : — 



Powdered nux vomica 4 gr. ' 



Powdered anise seed r . . . , J dr. 



Powdered ginger J dr. 



Mix with a little syrup, and smear the dose well back on the tongue. 

 Half this dose for pigs under three months old. Feed sloppy or 

 steamed food, and give plenty of sour milk and fruit. Treatment of 

 all such cases requires considerable patience and perseverance, and 

 recovery is slow and often uncertain. 



TO PREVENT SOWS FROM EATING THEIR YOUNG. 



It is well known that sows not infrequently attack and devour 

 their own young ; or, if prevented from doing this, that they will not 

 let down their milk, so that the young pigs necessarily die from want 

 of nourishment. When this state of things is not caused by a dis- 

 eased state of the uterus, the sow can be brought to terms by pour- 

 ing into the ear a mixture of 10 to 20 grains of spirits of camphor 

 with 1 to 3 of tincture of opium. The sow will immediately lie 



