How to lose weight by raising pigs in summer?

After entering the summer, the weather is hot, the pigs in the pig farm have the phenomenon of loss of appetite and low feed intake, and the pigs generally lose fat, which has a great impact on the efficiency and cost of raising pigs. So how can we keep a pig from losing weight in summer? Let's get to know it.

1. Shade to avoid summer heat

Hot and hot in summer, most pig farms are open pig houses, while pigs have thicker subcutaneous fat, underdeveloped sweat glands and poor heat dissipation, so they are prone to heatstroke. Therefore, for this situation, pig farmers can build an Arbor for the pigsty to avoid direct sunlight, achieve the role of shade and summer, and increase the appetite of pigs.

2. Adjust the feeding time

In summer, the daytime temperature is high, the appetite of pigs is low, and their food intake can not keep up, so it is recommended to feed pigs at night in summer, and the temperature at night is lower than that during the day, when the appetite of pigs is higher. It is usually fed at 7 pm, 11:00 and 4 am, and some salt water and green feed are fed at 8 am and 2 pm during the day, which can not only prevent weight loss, but also promote the growth of pigs.

3. Adjust the feed structure

In order to maintain a good appetite, the diet structure of pigs can be adjusted to reduce energy feed as much as possible, increase the proportion of green feed, and improve pig appetite. 50% of general energy feed and 50% of green feed are better.

4. Adequate drinking water

Due to the high temperature and rain in summer, the water loss of pigs is serious, and a large amount of drinking water can discharge toxins from pigs, and adding a small amount of salt water to the water can regulate body temperature. Generally speaking, the amount of daily drinking water of pigs in summer is 23.8% of their own. Be sure to keep drinking water adequate and cool. You can also feed vinegar or sauerkraut juice, white lentils, mung bean soup, watermelon peel juice, etc., which can serve as an appetizer, relieve summer heat and strengthen stomach, clear heat and relieve summer heat.

5. Reduce the culture density.

If the breeding density is too high, the respiration and body surface heat dissipation of pigs will make the heat higher and higher, and it is easy to have collective heatstroke and diseases, so the breeding density can be reduced appropriately when raising pigs in summer.

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