Show ear diseases of swint swine said to t 0 be incurable pigs and sometimes hogs become infected and inflamed in the middle ear just as children and grown people have infection and pus in the middle ear where the little hones bones connect the outer drum with the inner drum of the ear the middle ear of the pig Is connected with the pharynx by a buhe the air tube pus forms and may press on each ear drum and sometimes ruptures the other drum at other times it may pass through the inner drum and infect the middle ear when a pig holds its head tilted to one side and the ear Is sensitive and hurts when you catch it by the ear just as a dos dog does when it has canker of the ear it may be due to inflammation of the middle and internal ears when the outer drum bursts open and lets out the pus temporary relief from pain may come A graduate veterinarian may open the drum and give temporary relief no permanent curative operation has been found tor for the pig it Is best to fatten an affected pig or hog bog and make pork out of it little pigs so affected from an economic point can be destroyed |