What to do if the sow loses weight seriously

Generally speaking, the postpartum condition of sows is very normal, but if the weight loss is very serious, it will have a serious impact on the health of sows, which can worry a lot of farmers. What if the sow loses weight seriously? Is there any way to prevent it? Let's take a look at the pro-farm network.

1. The cause of sow losing fat

There are many reasons for sows losing fat, such as poor feed, improper feeding, poor matching of feed nutrition, poor nutrition, poor environment in piggery, disease or loss of appetite of sows.

Generally speaking, sows lose weight after birth, which is a normal physiological reaction, because sows have to breast-feed piglets in addition to normal metabolism after birth, which is at least one month after birth. Sows generally have 8-12 piglets at a birth, so they secrete a lot of milk every day, and in the absence of adequate nutrition and feed, they will digest their own fat to convert milk to lactation, so they will lose fat. However, if there is a serious fat loss in lactating sows, it is something wrong. Check the feed nutrition, environment and sows themselves in time, and deal with the problems in time.

2. The harm of serious weight loss

Sows have the function of breeding and suckling piglets, and the importance of pig farms can be imagined. It is fundamental to the sustainable profitability of pig farms. If the weight loss is serious during the postpartum lactation period, it will lead to low breeding capacity in the future. If the sow is too thin, it will lead to slow estrus, poor ovulation, low success rate of mating, easy abortion or less litter size, reducing the economic value of the pig farm. As the saying goes, the high yield is like a sow, and the number of offspring is very large after the well-developed sows are mated.

3. Protective measures for losing weight

It is a key point to supplement nutrition in postpartum sows, especially in the middle and later stages of pregnancy, not only to increase the amount of feed, but also to provide nutritious fine feeding to ensure balanced nutrition. In addition, we should also observe carefully. if we find that sows have loss of appetite, we should find out the causes in time and take measures to solve them. in addition, the surrounding sanitary environment of sows should also be paid attention to, clean, clean and dry.

The above is the sow fat loss serious how to do for you, sow fat loss reasons and harm I believe we all know, found that sow fat loss should be dealt with in time, must not cause carelessness behind the loss.