Common vitamin deficiency in pigs and its treatment

Vitamin A deficiency

Main manifestations: vitamin A deficiency in pigs is often manifested as eye inflammation, corneal opacity, dry ear tip, poor appetite, dull coat color, emaciation, blind collision when dark, pregnant sows will appear abortion symptoms, newborn piglets are not easy to survive.

Prevention and treatment: add animal liver oil 5ml to the feed in time. When seriously ill, vitamin AD injection can be injected 5 milliliters, once every 5 days. Add turquoise succulent feed or carrots.

Deficiency of vitamin B1

The main manifestations: emaciated pigs, rough coat, no luster, dry skin, loss of appetite, some vomiting, constipation in the early stage, egg-like balls like sheep dung, and often become diarrhea in the later stage. Limping on one or more limbs, stiff gait, inflexibility, difficulty standing, trembling and trembling. Palpation has no tingling and is slow to respond to stimulation. Low spirits, like to lie down, in a state of fatigue. Some have paroxysmal spasms, some fall to the ground and twitch, and their limbs move like swimming. There is little change in body temperature. The onset is slow and the course of disease is long, most of which are more than 7 to 10 days.

Prevention and treatment methods: feed a full-price diet that meets its nutritional needs, and pay attention to the feed containing vitamin B1 such as fine rice bran, wheat bran, beans, green vegetables, grass and so on, which can prevent the occurrence of the disease and promote the healthy and rapid growth and development of pigs. If the disease has occurred in pigs, on the one hand, stop feeding the original feed and change to a full-price compound feed rich in vitamin B1, on the other hand, intramuscular injection of vitamin B1 injection, the dose of pigs less than 50 kg is 250 × 600 mg, twice a day for 3 days.

Vitamin C deficiency

The main manifestations are oral mucosal bleeding and ulcers, loose teeth, anemia, dull coat color and weak disease resistance.

Prevention and treatment: add 0.5 grams of vitamin C to the feed every day. If you are seriously ill, you can inject vitamin C injection 0.3ml 0.4 grams a day until you recover from the illness.

Vitamin D deficiency

The main manifestations: like to eat dirt, loss of appetite, piglets will also appear abnormal limb posture, dysplasia.

Prevention and treatment: supplement calcium and phosphorus in feed (the proportion is 1 / 2) to enhance the light of pig house. For severe cases, 5 milliliters of vitamin AD injection or 2 milliliters of vitamin glue calcium can be injected every 5 days.

Vitamin E deficiency

The main manifestations are as follows: low survival rate of piglets with vitamin E deficiency, poor pregnancy and abortion of sows, low semen quality, low libido and dyskinesia in boars.

Prevention and treatment: add a certain amount of bean cake, rapeseed cake, wheat bran, alfalfa and green feed to the feed. Vitamin E was injected intramuscularly every 2 times every 3 days. 0.5 grams of vitamin E was injected.