VETERINARY QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3383, 15 January 1919, Page 35

VETERINARY QUERIES.

[Answered by a duly qujJlflcd Veterinary Surgsoa Queries mutt be received by SATURDAY aigto' to eoaure reply ia the teeeeediag' iaeoa.]

Constant Reader, Garston, writes to" say that lie owns a barrow pig, and that appar T ently the bowel of the animal's passage is out of place, and is just now almost as large as a -cricket ball. It is about 10 days I noticed it. . I have been applying' Stockholm tar, and - the pig 16 apparently in good enough spirits, and ; is always anxious for his food. These pi'les were bleeding fceely one day. (2) Would this pig if killed and cured be unsuitable for food? " Agricola" replies: "(1) Yes, a form of piles. They should have been treated at their first appearance by thoroughly washing the protrusion with antiseptic, and then greasing well with vaseline or lard and returned to place, and fix same by inserting a stitch. If the protrusion was of a gangrenous nature, it would perhaps be necessary to apply a ligature, etc., and remove. It is not necessary, however, to anticipate the latter necessity. The animal should be starved for 12 hours, and then after treatment feed lightly and on soft (2) The meat of the pig is not affected, and would be quito suitable for food purposes."