Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-29
Disease Among Swine.
From Practical Farmer.

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aware of their liability to disease, but all
will not agree that proper, rational treat,
ment can prevent it. While no preten-
sion to veterinary skill is made and it is
recommended that the application OF
administering of medicines to swine
should be made with the greatest caution
nevertheless a review of few of the dis
eases of more frequent occurrence is in
place as we'll as a suggestion of the remi,
dies which experience has shown him to
be simple and efficaciOus. Many of the
diseases of swine are contagious, and
when a pig is found to be sick it should
be removed to pen by itself and there
receive treatment. 1t is well to consider
a case of sickness as a sure Indication
that something is wrong in the general
management.
In swine, as in man, many fatal dis
eases are preceded by cough or Difficult
ty in breathing, which may not necessar-
lily imply cold. This happens frequent
ly, and may prove to be simple disorder
that will remedy itself without serious
consequences, or it may prove to be a
primary and preceding symptom of some
disease difficult to combat. Whether &C
cOmpanied or not by other symptoms, let
the removal of this difficulty in breathing
or coughing be your first consideration,
and you will find that you do not unfre-
quently prevent the development of some
perhaps fatal disease. If the patient has
been confined to damp, unhealthy pen
or yard, removal to more wholesome
quarters may effect ready cure. If the
food has been less carefully prepared, a
little attention in this matter may also
remedy the trouble. Granting, however
that the conditions have all been favor
able, and you find an apparently healthy
and thrifty pig suffering in the manner
described, administer a powder consist
ing of two drains each of EPSON salts
and sulphur. Give it in a pint of fresh
milk and follow the dose with a meal Or
two of soaked oats, which will alleviate
the cough as well as establish a more
perfect working of the digestive Or
gans.
Young pigs are not unfrequently troub-
led with thumps, more properly designa-
ted as Inflammation of the lungs. It is
usually caused by overlooking, filling the
stomach so full as to interfere with the
workings of the organs, and the symptoms
are: Shivering, labored breathing and an
effort to bury itself in the hay or straw
bedding. If these symptoms show them
selves, the first attention should be to
give the patient clean, dry and comforta-
BILE quarters, and then administer once
in three or four hours a dose of tar, about
as much as a walnut, melted and mixed
in pint of fresh milk, after which give
two drachms of saltpetre in a small mess
of Cruel for two or three mornings
Worms are frequent cause of trouble in
herd of swine, and are usually caused by
the animals eating Fslaug hter-house re,
fuse, rats, mice and other dead animals
as well as rotten fruits and vegetables
found on the farm. Such refuse as this
swine should never be allowed to eat
They are more or less infected with
trichin@, and its dangerous nature is an
argument in favor of feeding pure, whole
some foods. Worms usually locate in the
kidneys or intestines and cause partial
paralysis and difficult use of hind limbs
accompanied with an inclination to lie
down. A mixture of soap-suds or turpen
tine, with wood ashes, administered IL
their food is a good remedy for this evil
fects young Stockings and is caused by
giving improper food to the SOW or BY
irregular feeding, Mr.. Joseph Harris re
commences that two or three drops OF
laudanum be given at night, mixed in {
little fresh cream. AS rule no remedy
will be needed. Look to the cause ant
remedy that.