| Show I WORMS IN HOGS ARE INJURIOUS Infected Animals Develop Into Pot-Bellied Pot Runts SUCH PIGS DO NOT THRIVE Mixtures Containing Charcoal Copperas Cop peras peras Etc Are Believed to Be of oC Value as Preventives Preventives San ton n Is Scarce Prepared by the United States Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment of Agriculture Intestinal worms are common In hogs and are particularly Injurious to growing pigs Insufficiently fed neglected neg neg- pigs living lIyIng In dirty pens and yards ards fed from filthy troughs drinking contaminated water bathing In old hog wallows nn and rooting and sleeping In manure plies piles and stack bottoms soon I become infested with worms Such pigs do not thrive but develop elop Into pot bellied profitless runts Pens should be kept clean and dry and the manure frequently removed Mixtures containing charcoal copperas copperas cop cop- peras peras etc are believed by some to be beof beof beof of value as pre preventives and destroyers destroy destroy- ers of worms but their usefulness probably depends upon their general effect on the condition of the pig and not upon their action on the worms Other things being equal a pig In good condition Is better able to resist resist re re- 1st the attacks of worms than one that thatIs Is s not In good condition Mineral mixtures mixtures mix mix- tures ures may therefore by helping to bale balance balance bal bal- ance the ration tend to Increase the powers lowers of resistance to the III effects of ot worms and other parasites They Theys s should hould however be classed as tonics or conditioners rather than as worm I preventives or destroyers which was formerly wIdely widely wIde wIde- ly y used as a n remedy for worms In hogs Is s practically unobtainable at nt the pr pres present present pres- pres sent s- s ent time owing to foreign trade conditions con con- Effective Treatment The following treatment has been f iund to be very ery effective In expelling intestinal worms In experiments conducted conducted con- con ducted by the zoological division of he tile bureau of animal Industry Withhold all feed and water for Cor 24 hours then give ghe each pig from 1 to 2 ounces minces of or castor oil to which has c. CI C I 4 l t ta r tt a I Male Hog Lous- Lous Louse been ad adde added ea j oil f American wormseed as ns follows follows l I tess than 50 riO pounds one one half teaspoonful pigs weighing CO 50 riO f to one t teaspoonful teaspoonful tea tea- a- a spoonful large hogs two hogs two teaspoon teaspoon- Oils fills Each pig should be dosed should separately sep sep- If the best l' l results are to be e Castor oil should always be given Cn 1 with oil of American wormseed Other laxatives are not satisfactory Dangerous to Drench Hogs Drenching hogs Is dangerous as they are liable to get the reme remedy l Into the lungs With sufficient assistance pigs ma may be held the mouth kept open b by means of n a couple of loops of wire 0 or rope or leather straps and the medicine given gl In a n tablespoon or a n large kitchen hen spoon By Dy this method this though It Is troublesome one may maybe be r certain that each pig gets his proper dose After dosing with the above mixture pigs may be fed led and watered Repeat the treatment In ten days Change Pastures Frequently Healthy hogs become Infected with Intestinal worms from feed water and soil which have been infested by the droppings from Infected hogs Frequent Frequent Fre Fre- quent change of pasture posture Is one of tho the best means of ot reducing worm Infestation infestation Infesta tion to a minimum Hogs however should not be allowed to run at large on open range as ns this favors the spread of hog cholera Swine can be raised when they arc are confined In limited quarters If the I Common Roundworms of Hogs Hogs Hogs-a a Male b Female quarters are kept clean but they will do much better and stay in better health If it they ha have e plenty of pasture Divide the pasture Into convenient areas so that the hogs can be shifted from one pasture posture to another This not only pro provides ldes fresh pasture but affords an nn opportunity to disinfect the pastures by plowing and or by exposure to the sun and weather |
