A WORD ON PIGS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 43, 31 July 1939, Page 2

A WORD ON PIGS

INDIGESTION CAUSE Or DISEASE i[ can hi' fairly safely >ai-1 th;yj most of our pig ailments can | lc ? traced lo indigestion. It is, of course, •"iic of liio lno't common complaints hh oiu- pigs to-day, but is often not noticed by the fanner until i 1 caches a static when it is quite obvious that something is wrong. The symptoms are many, but if the pigs are not making the progress they should be making and have rough coat:, or arched hacks arid, furthermore, show a tendency tp scour, the trouble can probably be traced to indigestion. Indigestion can lie brought about by too sudden n change in the diet, weaning foi-fore time, over feeding, dirty conditions, unclean troughs and milk containers. Just after weaning is when to look for cases of indigestion for this is a very susceptible period. Quite frequently it is found that where skim milk is pumped to n central container that ihis has a thick I'ning of putrefying mil!; adbei ing to the sides. Nothing is more likely to bring about indigestion in the pigs than tins state of affairs ami !inmedi r 'i" step-.- .should he taken to remedy the posit'ou. When any of the little pigs sre found to bo suffering from indigestion it is a good plan to remove them to a separate pen -where corrective 'treatment can be undertaken. The pigs "can be dosed with castor oil at. the rate of one tablexpoonful to a sow and.," dcsevtspoonfu.l to llv weaners da;h- for a few days.