The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-04-16
Home, Farm and Garden.
From the Amsriean Stock Journal.
Diseases of the Hog,

troubled with disease denominated
by veterinarians as ''kidney worm.' -
Corn soaked In very strong I've made
of wood ashes, is said to be an in
falliable remedy. Salt and brim
stone, In small quantities, is pre-
ventive, and, indeed, the only one
known Comfortable quarters and
good feed are of really more impor-
tance In the successful management
of these animals than many are in.
clined to suppose, and should never
on any account be, neglected.
SrAGGxEs IN SwINg.-For staggers
in swine we weHld recommend cut
ting a notch in the roof Of the mouth
till the animal bleeds freely, then
rubbing it with salt, giving it little
nrine to drink.
Pigs have openings on the inside
of the forelegs below the knee from
which when in health q sma all dis
charge is kept up. The steppage OF
these little orifices is supposed to be
the origin of the staggers, and rub
bing them with a cern-cob, or other
rough material, viii usually effect a
cure.
MEASLES IN HoGs.-It sometimes
happens that swine have the measles.
While they are in this state, their
flesh 10 very unwholesome food
This disorder is not easily discover
ed while the animals alive, and can
only be known by its notthriying and
fattening like others. After the an
imal is killed the flesh, its fat, is full
of little kernels of the size of the
eggs Of q pickerel. When the ami
mails are suspected of being diseased,
nut into their food as much crude
pounded antimony as will lie on a
nickel five cent piece, once or twice a
week. This is very proper tor any
feeding swine, even though they have
no disorder. Their sites should be
kept perfectly clean to prevent these
disorders. for an ounce of prevention
10 better than pound of cure II
they are affected with sore throat,
turn them into an open pasture where
there is fresh feed and ground to
root. 1t is 8 disease resulting gen.
orally from confinement. Pounded
charcoal mixed with their food is
good 6here pasture cannot be had.
TYPHOID FEVER IN HoGs.-A great
mortality annually takes place among
pigs in this country froa a malady
popularly known as the hog cholera.
1t can hardly be said that much is
really known as to the nature and
csuse of this disease, which from it's
destructiveness merits the attention
OF the farmer.
Having had Opportunity of OBJ
serving and treating disease which
has been known by some PSYCHOLOGISTS
as "typhus fever in the pig" / may
give a short accountsof it, as it may
turn out to be of the same, or at all
events of a similar pature to "hog
cholera" 4t'i 81
Symptoms-The pig begins to
droop and shiyer, lcses its appetite,
shows great thirst, becomes much
prostrated, and is very unwilling to
lie disturbed. Profuse diarrhea is
also a Sumption of the disease, and
the excavations are of yellow color,
at q later stage they assume a dirty
red color, which tinge arises from
occurrence of hemorrhage in the
intestinal nlcerstion.
About the second, third. or four th
day after the attack the skin of the pig,
between and around the ears becomes
of red color, which usually passes
into various shades of purple and
violet. The red tinge gradually
spreads over the skin, and is espe-
.ciaty conspicuous on the fianks and
other parts not covered with hair
In the later stages of the disease
many of the pigs become .paral yZed
in their hind extremities, and SO weak
as to be unable to stand.
Post mortena appearances. = The
most peculiar alteration in the Or
gans of the body is the number of
yellow patches which are scattered
over the surface of the small intes-
tines. These patches are very SINH
lar in hue to the scars made by the
firing iron on the horses skin, They
are caused by the formation OF ulcers
on the internal intestinal surface
which are covered by an exudation
of yellow lymph. This pig fever is
of the same nature as typhoid fever
in man, and is characterized by
somewhat similar post mortem ap-
pearances. There is also occasional
liberation in the upper part of the
throat.
Ireatnsnt-The diseased pigs should
be separated from the healthy, and
the following should be given -
Dilute sulphuric acid, OF; Tincture
of gentian, 4 OF. A tablespoonful of
this should be given twice day in
q quart of water, and the dose may
be diminished one half or two-thirds
according to the size of the pig.