9*) SWINE GEORGE E. DAY. 



Partial paralysis resembles rheumatism in its symptoms. 

 The back seems to be specially affected, however, and there 

 is not the marked soreness of the joints that is found in rheu- 

 matism. Constipation accompanies the paralj'sis, when it 

 is due to digestive difficulty. Paralysis usually comes from 

 liberal feeding and lack of exercise, or the feeding of foods 

 of a constipating nature. Judicious feeding will generally 

 prevent the disease, but when it occurs, it is necessary to 

 produce purgation, followed by a limited ration of laxative 

 food. Purgation can be caused by giving from two to eight 

 ounces of epsom salts, according to the size of the animal. 

 It is also a good practice to give in addition, ten to twenty 

 grains nux vomica three times daily. The latter may be 

 given in the food, if the animals will eat. If the disease is 

 noticed in its first stages, that is, when constipation is no- 

 ticed, and the hogs appear slightly stiff, it frequently can be 

 overcome by giving the animals a complete fast for twenty- 

 four hours, and then giving them a drink of skim milk which 

 contains a liberal dose of salts. When necessary to give 

 medicine in the form of a drench, great care must be exer- 

 cised or the hog may be suffocated. By pulling the cheek 

 away from the teeth, and pouring the medicine in very 

 slowly, the drenching can be done with very little risk. The 

 hog should not be turned on its back when drenched. Pre- 

 vention is better than cure, and the skilful breeder is not 

 likely to be troubled by this disease. 



Thumps is a trouble which usually attacks little pigs 

 before they are weaned, and is caused by lack of exercise 

 and a liberal supply of the mother's milk. The result is an 

 accumulation of fat about the heart and lungs, which inter- 

 feres with the action of these organs. The finest and fat- 

 test pig in the litter is usually the first to go. The breathing 

 is quick and apparently difficult, and the jerking movement 

 of the flanks of the pig gives rise to the name "thumps.' 

 A well developed case of thumps is practically incurable, 

 and if preventive measures are not taken, the whole litter 



