Breast milk is important for the growth of piglets. What should sows do if they refuse to breast-feed?

Under normal circumstances, healthy sows have plenty of milk after delivery, and their breasts swell every 30 to 60 minutes. Only after the piglets are fed milk will the sows feel comfortable. But in feeding, there are also a small number of sows that do not allow piglets to breast-feed. The reasons and corresponding treatments are as follows:

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1. No breast-feeding experience: many newborn sows are afraid of breast-feeding piglets for the first time and do not breast-feed piglets because they can not stand piglet entanglement. The sow should be trained patiently, and the breeder should stay beside the sow and gently scratch its belly to keep it quiet while it is sleeping, while taking care of the piglets. For those with a bad temper, force should be used to make them quiet, and then let the piglets breast-feed. After several times in a row, the sow got used to it. Before the parturition of the sow, if people often approach the sow, they will caress it by scratching the belly and massaging the breast, so that the sow will be breast-fed naturally after delivery.

two。 Dry breasts without milk: mostly caused by prenatal malnutrition in sows. The sows should be fed more prolactation feed, such as soybean juice, fish soup, kelp soup, or medicine, such as prolactin tablets, embryo tablets, baking soda and so on. After being milked, the piglets will slowly eat breast milk.

3. Secondary mastitis: sows due to traumatic infection or excessive milk caused by mastitis, because of pain and refuse to feed piglets. Should be treated in time, procaine penicillin can be used for local closure of the breast of sows or systemic therapy.

4. Incorrect canine teeth of piglets: some piglets bite the sows because of the excessive length of the canine teeth, which makes the sows scream, stand up suddenly, and even bite the piglets. Flatten the piglet's canine teeth with scissors or electrician's small pliers.

5. Can not adapt to the new environment: when the sows are transferred to the new environment to give birth, they are unable to adapt to the new place because of loud noise and emotional tension, so that the piglets are not allowed to breast-feed. Therefore, the parturient sows should be rushed to the new delivery room 2 days in advance to adapt to the new environment.