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Treatment of leptospirosis in pigs

Published: 2024-11-22 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/22, A zoonotic disease caused by Leptospira. The spirochete is sensitive to heat, acid, chlorine, soap and general disinfectants. There are 16 serotypes and more than 130 serotypes of Leptospira. Most of the pigs are Pomona type and hemorrhagic jaundice type. After hemorrhagic jaundice infects pigs, it is characterized by jaundice of conjunctiva and skin. At the beginning of the disease, anorexia, lethargy, little to no food, conjunctiva yellowing, followed by skin yellowing, and erythrouria (hemoglobinuria) occur.

A zoonotic disease caused by Leptospira. The spirochete is sensitive to heat, acid, chlorine, soap and general disinfectants. There are 16 serotypes and more than 130 serotypes of Leptospira. Most of the pigs are Pomona type and hemorrhagic jaundice type.

After hemorrhagic jaundice infected pigs, characterized by conjunctiva, skin and other jaundice, anorexia at the beginning of the disease, lack of energy, eating less to not eating, after 2 days, conjunctiva yellowing, followed by skin yellowing, and red urine (hemoglobinuria), after 3 to 5 days, gradually exhaustion, convulsion and death, the fatality rate of this type of infectious disease is quite high.

After Pomona leptospira infection, only a few pigs showed a rise in body temperature to about 41 ℃, anorexia and diarrhea, which generally lasted for 3 days. However, some piglets can have hemoglobinuria, their physical condition is getting worse, and death can be caused by untreated piglets. Sows are infected with the disease in the late stage of pregnancy, which can cause miscarriage in the late stage of pregnancy. Mixed infection of the two types, miscarriage and stillbirth of pregnant pigs, and the proportion of malformed fetuses increased.

[treatment]

(l) Oxytetracycline raw powder, added 1g per kilogram of feed for 7 days. Pregnant sows should be fed 30 days from the due date to prevent miscarriage caused by the disease.

(2) penicillin 1.6 million ~ 2.4 million and streptomycin 1 million were diluted and injected intramuscularly twice a day for 3 to 5 days.

(3) 10% florosulfone mycin was injected intramuscularly with 0.2ml per kg body weight, once a day for 5 times, and the effect was satisfactory.

 
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