DISEASES OK SWJNE 14.'i 



In order to obtain best results, wlien Hog Cholera has made its appearance 

 among the hogs, it is advisable to thoroughly disinfect all feeding platforms, pens, 

 and sleeping cxuarters with a strong solution of Disinfectall. The hogs should bo 

 fed sparingly on clean, wholesome feed, with Hog Tonic added to it as per direc- 

 tions. The drinking water should be of the purest, and a little Disinfectall added 

 to it, just enough to give it a bluish color. 



If one or more animals are attacked, those apparently well should be renioveil 

 at once to newly disinfected quarters, and both bunches should receive the licst of 

 care and attention, including medicine, wholesome food, and pure water. If any 

 more of them become sick, the hogs which have not as yet shown signs of sickness 

 must again be removed to other pens, and so on, until the disease has been controlled. 



.S'cf Prescription Xo. 17('«, page 182. 



LICE ON HOGS. 



The hogs should be thoroughly washed or dipped in a solution of Dismfectall, 

 as per direitions. Older hogs can stand it a little stronger. After they have been 

 thoroughly scrubbed or dipped in this solution, and a few applications of Diolice 

 have been thoroughly sprinkled on them, you will have no further trouble with lice. 



See Prescription No. 179, page 182. 



MANGE. 



Mange, scab or itch, in the lower animals is a skin disease of a purely local 

 nature, due to a parasite wdiich produces an irritation, ulceration, and suppuration of 

 the surface of the body, and is oftentimes termed a deep seated skin disease. 



It is a contagious disease, never originating spontaneously, and requiring for 

 its development the passage of the parasites or their eggs, from diseased to healthy 

 animals. In man this disease is termed itch; in the lower animals it is usually 

 alluded to as mange, and in sheep it is a well-known destructive disease called scab. 



As this disease is due to a parasite wdiich burrows deeply into the skin, it is a 

 hard matter to overcome it without prompt and proper treatment, such feis covering 

 the entire body of the pig with soft-soap and leaving it on for a few hours , and 

 washing the entire body with a warm solution of Germ Killer, scrubbing the animal 

 thoroughly at the time of washing. 



After the animal has been washed, the Skin Ointment should be thoroughly 

 rubbed into the skin, and especially over the infected parts. This treatment should 

 be repeated several times in the course of ten days, for it is necessary to kill the 

 mites which were in the form of eggs when the first treatment was given. The 

 treatment does not affect the eggs, consequently it is necessary to repeat it a number 

 of times. Hog Tonic should be given as an internal treatment, and the animal 

 should be given good, clean, nutritious feed. 



See Prescription Xo. 203. page 182. 



MEASLES IN SWINE. 



Measles in swine is caused by a parasite called the bladder worm, contracted by 

 eating the eggs from the tape worm of man in its food, just as trichinosis is caused 

 by eating food containing the germs of this parasite. 



Dogs oftentimes carry and evacuate the eggs of the tape worm. For this rea- 

 son care should be taken that swine do not eat this excrement. If the flesh of 

 measly pork is eaten by man without its being thoroughly cooked, he is apt to 

 become infected with a tape worm ; hence it is never safe to eat measly pork, since 

 there is always danger that the cyst may escape death in cooking. Measly pork is 

 known by the cysts, some of which are nearly the size of a grain of barley, dis- 

 tributed through the muscular and other tissue. 



In the living hog, when infected, there wall be found small watery pimples of 

 a pink or red color, just under the skin. There will also be weakness of the hind 

 parts, and general lack of health. 



The best method of overcoming this trouble is to use preventives, such as 

 giving the entire herd of hogs regular treatment for worms, as contained in our 

 Worm Powder directions. 



See Prescription No. 204, par/c 182, 



