Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-01-10
The Diseases OF Pigs.

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fdrmsr some valuable suggestions game
by their experience with hogs Practice
they say has taught us the great necessi
IS of being thoroughly posted in the symp
toms IN order Ia be able To prescribe treat
ment and cure. Helminlholoey has taugh
| "a, Ia see the iallacy of many cases o
! kidney worms. The parasite supposed
Ia cause the loss of power, aud I,
/ paralyze tAe muscles of the loins. is no
/ present in ! per cent. of The sappose,
cases. Furthermore. there ia not one per
son in one hundred that ever saw a kidne,
worm; microscopy alone can decide ant
determine the presence of these parasites
4 sick hog was slaughtered in our pres
ence, and we removed both Kidneys, il
order In submit them to the microscope
We found myriads of trichinr sHd als,
cysts imbedded ia the kidney tissue Had
all the trichinse been encysted. the hog
would have shown no trouble in his move
ments, but those that were tree were the
parasites that caused the trouble The
owner being present at ne examination
decided that every part of the carcass
should DC minutely examined, and We
iouAu tiioi.i...s 80. EsSes Ses-sT'r'-sas-'a
On inquiry We found that the pigs were
purchased from slaughter house where
AL offal of animals was thrown to them
We had occasion afterward to visit the
place where the pigs We're bought, and
found the intesfines of several animals
sleeps heads, lungs and blood, put where
the hogs had the best chance to become
Infected with the parasites. Any hog at
fected with trichinfe will show the same
symptoms, aud great care should be taken
about using any kind of pork that may
have been affected in that way. We have
seen hogs that were so fat that they drag
ged their hind legs when they We're forced
think that they are models of perfect
health, as they are in a doubtful state.
4 farmer in cleaning ont the pen placed
II shovel ON the loins of hog very lightly,
he said, but from that moment afterward
the pig walked with his back bumped aS
if he had disease of the Kidneys. No one
should strike hog across the back, as no
domestic animal is so easily injured per
manently as the hog.
In "a tape worm case, the owner stated
that all the hogs did well till they had the
run of the field then they did not do well,
although well fed Hogs infested with
tape worms that infest the pigs are Tenia
maculata and Tenia expasia One of
our specimens measures twenty-five
feet. The medicines to cause their expal-
sion are kousSo, oil of turpentine. ground
root of male fern, aud areca nut Santo
nine can he well powdered and given in
the food, mixed with molasses. 1t is the
best mixture that can be given, as it does
not cause nausea, like oil, and has no flavor
of medicine.
In IA case of indigestion the owner said
that bis hogs had some disease about them
and were affected very strangely. They
did not care to leave their nests To feed
unless forced, and they squealed a. IL SUI
fering from pain. When they came to thu
trough they would take mouthful as
thep We're hungry, eronch, run backward
and fall over, but in fifteen minutes would
return To the food aud eat ~. is nothing
wus the matter. That is il cle.e -ass oi
indigesiion aud when slaughtered Will,
showing these symptoms, the inside lining
of the pigs stomaches and part Of the col
on were found coated with dry substance
like brown -four Feeding too fine meal
caused the trouble. Whenever plenty u
vegetable diet diet is given we never find
such symptoms. A rush of blood to the
head was caused by impeded circulation
in the system. This teaches us the need
of albuminious food of a laxative nature.