Show WORMs IN HOGS ARE infected animals develop into potbellied pot bellied runts SUCH PIGS DO NOT THRIVE Mix mixtures tyres containing charcoal cop berato etc Et r are believed to be of value as Is scarce prepared by tha ilia united states department of agriculture intestinal bornis are common in find and are particularly injurious to growing pigs fed neglected pigs living in dirty pens and yards fed from filthy troughs drinking contaminated water bathing in old hog wallows and rooting and sleeping lit in manuro manure piles and stack bottoms eoon coon infested with worms such pigs do not thrive but develop into potbellied pot loot bellied profitless runts pens should be kept clenn clean and dry and the manure frequently removed mixtures containing charcoal copperas etc are bell believed eved by some to bo of 0 value as preventives and destroyers of worms but their usefulness probably depends upon their general genera effect on the condition of the pig and it rf male hog louse not upon their action on the worms other things being equal a pig in good condition Is better able to resist the attacks of worms than one that Is not in good condition mineral mixtures may therefore liy by helping to balance the ration tend to increase tile the powers of resistance to the I 1 ll 11 effects of worms and other parasites they should however be eltis classed sed as tonics or conditioners rather than as worm preventives or destroyers which was formerly widely used its as a remedy for worms in liggs hogs Is practically unobtainable at the present time owing to foreign trade conditions dit ions effective Effect iva treatment the following treatment has been f found a nd to tv be very effective if in expelling intestinal worms in experiments conducted by the tha zoological division of the bureau of animal industry with withhold boid nil feed and witter water for 24 hours then give elvo ench pig from I 1 to 2 ounces of castor oil to which has baa been added oil of american wormseed common roundworms Round worms of hoesa male b female as follows rigs pigs weighing less than GO 50 pounds one half teaspoonful pigs weighing BO 50 to pounds ono one teaspoonful large hogs two teaspoon fuls each pig should be dosed separately if tho ilia best results are to bo be obtained castor oil should always bo be given with oil of american wormseed other laxatives are not satisfactory dangerous to drench hogs drenching hogs Is dangerous as they tire liable to get the remedy into the lungs with sufficient assistance pigs may luny bo be held the mouzli kept open by means of a couple of loops of wire or rope or leather straps and tho the medicine given in a tablespoon or a largo kitchen spoon dy by thlu method though it Is troublesome ono one may limy bo certain that each pig gets ills his proper flose dose after dosing with the above mixture pigs may bo be fei fed and watered repeat the treatment in ten days change pastures frequently Ile althy hogs become infected with intestinal worms from feed water and soll eoll which have been infested by the droppings from infected hogs r fre re quent change of pasture Is one of the best menus means of reducing worm infesta infests In festa tion to a minimum hogs however should not be allowed to run tit at largo large on open range as this favors the spread of hog cholera swine can be raised when they tire are confined in limited qu artera it if tho the quarters tire are kept clean but they will 0 19 o much better find and stay in better health balth if they hate plenty of oc pasture divide tho the pasture into convenient areas so that the hogs can be shifted from one pasture to st another nother this not only provides fresh pasture but affords an opportunity to disinfect the ilia pastures by plowing and re seeding or by exposure to the sun bun and weather |