How to help a sow give birth too slowly? 5 practical solutions

Normal posture: gently extend the hand into the birth canal of the sow and pull the piglet out of the uterus correctly. Head in the birth mouth: put the index finger into the mouth of the piglet until the canine teeth and pull the piglet out. Two out at the same time: grab one piglet and pull it out and then pull the second one. Back first: push the piglets in with your hands, then pull the hind legs into the birth canal, and if it is not solved, you can only have a caesarean section. Overweight uterus: the first piglet was delivered to restore the S shape of the uterus.

Sows usually do not need midwifery, but it is found that there are prenatal signs, such as circling, irritability, filling milk, anger, etc., these symptoms remain for 1-2 hours without piglets, or 1-2 hours after giving birth without giving birth to piglets, artificial midwifery is needed.

I. methods of midwifery

1. Normal posture

First of all, gently extend the hand into the birth canal of the sow, when touching the piglet, gently hook the hind leg of the piglet with one finger, push the hip of the piglet with other fingers, and then pull out the hind leg of the piglet to restore the normal position of the piglet. then pull the piglet out of the womb.

2. The head is at the birth mouth.

The index finger can be put into the mouth of the piglet until after the canine teeth, the thumb is squeezed outside, and then the piglet is pulled out.

3. Two come out at the same time

Two piglets are squeezed in the birth canal abdomen to abdomen, can adopt forward position and reverse position, in this case, you can catch one piglet to pull it out, and then pull the second piglet.

4. Back first out

The back of the piglet is stuck in front of the pelvis, which is very difficult to correct, especially when the birth canal of the sow is small and the piglet is larger, the normal posture method can be adopted during this period, the piglet can be pushed into it by hand, and then pull the hind leg of the piglet into the birth canal, but what cannot be solved in this way can only be carried out by caesarean section.

5. Overweight uterus

Sows with more than 14 litters may oppress the uterus to fall downward and be squeezed to the bottom of the pelvis, when the uterus will form an S shape. In general, the first piglet can be delivered in a midwifery to restore the S shape and straighten it. You can take a normal position for midwifery.

II. Points for attention

1, midwifery action should be gentle, and the use of lubricating oil, need to do a good job of hygiene and disinfection, can use warm water and germicidal soap to wash hands and arms, wear disinfection gloves, clean sow door and so on.

2. Under special circumstances, it is necessary to use equipment to assist delivery, but pay special attention to it. If piglets still have signs of life, try not to use this method. The equipment will hurt or tear the piglets. You need to be very patient and not work too hard. It is easy to damage the birth canal of sows.

3. The instruments that can be used include obstetrical forceps and semilunar forceps, and the noose can be used to lock the piglet's head or canine teeth. The noose is not easy to hurt the birth canal of sows, so it is a better choice.