CURIOUS CAUSE OF DEATH.
Accumulations of hair or wool in tho stomach are • not' altogother a rare cause of doath-of farm stock. Recently a pig, 'which was fed at aTaranaki slaughterhouse, was suffering from chronic indigestion, and was killed on that account. It was found on examination that the cause of the trouble was a large ball of hair, matted together as closely as possible, and having, tho ship© of'a jam tin,; measuring nine inches lound. Tho animal had been feeding on tho flesh which bad been, thrown to it from tho slaughterhouse, and .while it was able to digest the flesh could not cope with tho hair, which lodged in its stomach, and became matted in a solid lump, as stated. The hair ball is now an interesting trophy in tho Stock Department's rooms in Hawera. ;
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 606, 8 September 1909, Page 10
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137CURIOUS CAUSE OF DEATH. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 606, 8 September 1909, Page 10
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