Causes and prevention measures of postpartum anorexia or anorexia in sows

When raising pigs, many pig farmers often find that sows do not eat or are anorexic after birth, resulting in a lack of adequate milk supply for sows, which may lead to piglets starving to death. In fact, postpartum anorexia of sows is a metabolic disorder, and there are many reasons for it. Let's take a look at the causes and prevention measures of postpartum anorexia or anorexia in sows.

1. Nutrition and indigestion

Many novice or bulk farmers lack knowledge and experience in breeding, and are relatively extensive in breeding. They mainly feed postpartum sows with coarse feed of corn and potatoes, while the proportion of concentrate is relatively small, so that sows can not get adequate nutrition recovery after delivery. Also supply the milk of piglets, also need to digest a lot of nutrition, coupled with captive mode, less exercise, gastrointestinal peristalsis, loss of appetite, resulting in indigestion, anorexia.

Prevention and control measures: in postpartum sows, we must add the supply of fine feeding, pay attention to the balanced collocation of nutrients, especially protein, vitamins and trace elements, maintain a certain amount of exercise, strengthen light conditions, feed regularly, and improve adequate drinking water.

2. Postpartum paralysis

Many sows in production will be unable to stand up because of temporary weakness, resulting in paralysis, which is also a more common phenomenon. Sows do not eat because of inconvenience, which expresses a full performance at this time. Pig farmers should cure the phenomenon of paralysis in time, so that there will not be symptoms of anorexia.

Prevention and treatment measures: strengthen the feeding of sows after delivery, the best treatment for paralysis is intravenous injection of glucose solution, so that it quickly through the weakness period. When it has a certain appetite, properly add some bone powder and calcium powder to the feed to supplement nutrition, and help the sow turn over during paralysis, so as not to cause bedsores for a long time.

3. Postpartum inflammatory infection

Sows are extremely weak after giving birth, and if they are in a messy environment without bottom-cutting disinfection, inflammation is often caused by infections of the genitals by microbes and bacteria, especially in hot seasons. For example, common vaginitis, uterine inflammation, urethritis, these inflammation will cause sows do not eat, resulting in anorexia.

Prevention and control measures: the sanitary environment of the enclosure should be strengthened before and after production, lighting and ventilation conditions should be strengthened, disinfection should be carried out in time, and harmful bacteria and microorganisms should be eliminated. After the occurrence of inflammation to timely anti-inflammation, penicillin can be diluted with normal saline injection to help sows anti-inflammation.

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