LICE IN PIGS

Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 133, 8 June 1935, Page 12

LICE IN PIGS

Treating Skin Diseases The thriftiness of pigs is seriously affected by skin diseases. Tlie application of remedies for the treatment of skin diseases, and for the purpose of freeing the skin and hair of parasites, is a simple process, even when dipping is necessary. Care should be taken in all cases to see that the mixtures applied have been properly compounded and that no drugs of an irritating nature have been used. A simple and efficient mixture for the treatment of pig lice is made up as follows: Mix together benzine J pint, kerosene pint, fish or neatsfoot oil 7 pints. This lice mixture should he stored in a glass or tin container and should be suitably labelled. Apply by hand or pfer soft cloth, brush, or spray after the animal has been washed and freed from accumulations of mud and filth. As tho lice eggs (nits) already deposited will hatch out in three days’ time a second application of oil, three or four days after the lirst, is necessary. Further applications of the mixture in a month or so, and then occasionally, should keep tho pigs free from infestation. Young pigs from one or two days upwards are specially subject to infestation, and they should not (they are. however, often neglected) be overlooked when treatment is being arranged for,