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Tuberculosis in Pigs. 



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a vermifuge or purge to expel worms. The object of tying 

 them up is to see if any tape-worms are passed, and if so 

 to collect and destroy them by burning. The heads of sheep 

 which have been affected with gid should be burned or boiled 

 and never left for dogs to eat. 



In consequence of the serious nature of the disease and the 

 frequently unsatisfactory results of treatment, nothing is, as a 

 rule, attempted in the way of a cure, and the animals are 

 generally sent to the butcher. This is the least expensive course 

 to adopt and usually the most satisfactory. 



In exceptional circumstances, however, as when the sheep 

 is of considerable individual value, curative treatment may be 

 attempted, but the operation is a delicate one and should only 

 be attempted by a veterinary surgeon. 



The attention of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries 



has been drawn to the number of carcases of tuberculoscd pigs 



which have of late been sent to the 



Tuberculosis metropolitan and other markets for sale 

 in Pisrs. 



as human food, and to the fact that 

 many persons who have forwarded such carcases have been 

 prosecuted by the authorities and in some cases heavily fined. 

 Pig-breeders and feeders should be careful, therefore, not to 

 dispose of the carcases of pigs in which tuberculosis is present. 



Tuberculosis is a disease which is by no means uncommon 

 in pigs. It is most usually caused by feeding on diseased offal 

 from cattle which have died of the disease, the parts commonly 

 affected being the lungs. Especial care should be taken, there- 

 fore, to prevent swine from coming into contact with, or eating 

 any part of, the internal organs of diseased cattle or other 

 animals which may have died upon the farm. In those instances 

 where the carcases of animals that have died have not been 

 buried, the whole of the internal organs should be buried 

 or burned. 



Pigs are also liable to contract this disease if fed upon milk 

 from a cow affected with tuberculosis of the udder. Milk drawn 



