How long does it take for a sow to break her amniotic fluid?

Sows can give birth to piglets and let the farm circulate all the time and get a better profit. Sow production is also an extremely important thing. How long does it take for a sow to break amniotic fluid?

1. How long does it take for a sow to break amniotic fluid?

Sows begin to give birth to piglets 2-4 hours after breaking amniotic fluid. Before delivery, sows will be restless, move back and forth, vulva is red and swollen, and urinate frequently.

2. What are the symptoms of sows before delivery?

There will be some physiological changes when the sow is about to give birth.

1. In the early stage, the breast gradually expanded from the back to the front, and there was a clear boundary between the base of the breast and the abdomen, and then slowly separated in a figure-of-eight shape to both sides.

2. The breasts become flushed and shiny while they are dilated, and the latter pair of breasts are squeezed by hands with a small amount of clear milk.

3. Slowly. Sow action becomes stable, nipple can secrete milk thicker, vulva begins to swell, flabby, showing reddish purple.

4. 6-10 hours before birth, the sow was restless, the vulva swelled and turned red, and the grass made a nest.

5. 1-2 hours before birth, the sow is extremely restless, shortness of breath, walking back and forth, frequent urination, light yellow mucus flow out of the vulva. When the sow lies, the limbs are straight, the contraction time is getting shorter and shorter, and the amniotic fluid flows out, the first piglet can be produced.

III. Delivery of sows

1. The midwifery personnel need to be disinfected and prepare the delivery equipment.

2. Lying down is the main way for sows to give birth. If a sow gives birth standing up, she can touch her belly with her hand and make her lie down. Immediately after the piglet is born, dry the mouth, nose and body mucus with a cloth to make the piglet breathe smoothly, then cut the umbilical cord about 3 cm from the abdomen and disinfect the cut with 2% iodine tincture.

3. When the piglets are born, hold up the piglets with both hands and immediately remove the mucus from the mouth and around the nostrils of the piglets, then dry the mucus on the piglets with hay, then dry the mucus on the piglets with a towel, and then break the umbilical cord.

4. after the end of production, the pigsty should be cleaned in time and replaced with new clean bedding grass.