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cretory system. In the articular form there may be a 

 swelling and stiffness of the joints. In the muscular 

 form the muscles of the back are more commonly 

 affected. The treatment is not very satisfactory. Com- 

 fortable quarters, a laxative diet and reg'ular and judi- 

 cious feeding are valuable. 



Sore feet is due generally to an infection of the soft 

 parts between the toes. If the disease is the result of 

 confinement on hard pasture, the hogs should be placed 

 on softer ground. In addition to removing the cause of 

 the infection we should take means to destroy it. To 

 do this the feet should be washed once a day in a 5 per 

 cent solution of a coal tar dip. Another good remedy is 

 to wash the feet daily in a saturated solution of copper 

 sulphate. Above all, the animals affected should be kept 

 out of the mud, mire and manure. 



Diseases of the nervous system. — There are several 

 causes that will give rise to an inflammation or conges- 

 tion of the brain, with its resultant effects of paralysis, 

 epilepsy, apoplexy, blindness and deafness. Among these 

 are over-heating, tumors or parasites, injuries, improper 

 feeding, filth and exposure and infectious diseases. 



Apoplexy and paralysis are usually associated with 

 inactivity. In the case of the former the condition is 

 usually sudden and general, while in the case of parah^sis 

 the disease may be restricted to certain parts, and it may 

 come on more slowly. A sunstroke is an apoplectic con- 

 dition. In these diseases the cause should first be re- 

 moved and the treatment applied according to the cause. 

 In some instances recover}^ can be efl'ected, but the best 

 treatment is prevention, and the hog should not be placed 

 under those conditions predisposing it to these diseases. 



