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Prevention of porcine uricosis in cold days

Published: 2024-11-05 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/05, Porcine uricosis is a metabolic disease caused by eating protein-containing concentrate in pigs, which often occurs in winter and early spring. Clinical symptoms mostly occur in suckling piglets and shelf pigs with strong physique, good development and exuberant appetite. The most acute pigs tend to die suddenly without showing any symptoms. Most of them show an acute process, showing sudden onset, loss of appetite or abstinence, and the body temperature begins to rise by about 0.5 degrees Celsius and quickly becomes normal or below the normal body temperature. Most of the diseased pigs were crippled in the hindlimb, while some pigs were crippled in the forelimb, which gradually developed into joint enlargement.

Porcine urate deposition is a metabolic disease caused by pigs eating concentrated feeds with protein content, which occurs mostly in winter and early spring.

Clinical symptoms occur mostly in healthy, well-developed, appetizing suckling piglets and breeding pigs. The most acute pigs tend to die suddenly without showing any symptoms. Most of them were acute, showing sudden onset, loss of appetite or waste, temperature began to rise about 0.5 degrees Celsius, and soon turned to normal or normal temperature below. Most of the pigs with the disease had limp hind limbs, and some pigs had limp forelimbs, which gradually developed into joint enlargement, difficulty in walking up and down, loss of appetite, gradual emaciation, coarse fur, mental exhaustion and anemia. Pigs with lighter lameness had longer disease duration.

Prevention appropriately reduce the protein content of feed, supply sufficient fresh green feed and drinking water. Vitamin AD3 and multivitamin additives can be supplemented in case of lack of green feed. And let the pigs get plenty of exercise.

Treatment intravenous injection of sulfa drugs and sodium bicarbonate, while intramuscular injection of vitamin A, vitamin B12, vitamin B1 and other vitamin drugs. The effect is better if we adopt the comprehensive auxiliary rib therapy such as strengthening heart and rehydration.

 
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