What about postpartum fever in sows?

Sows play a vital role in the pig industry. Reasonable production management is very important to the overall development of pig herds. Among them, sows must do a good job of nursing after delivery, otherwise it is easy to have all kinds of problems, which will have a great impact on the lactation, growth and development of young pigs. But the sow postpartum body fever is one kind, then the sow postpartum body fever how to do? Let's take a look at it with the editor.

1. Clinical symptoms

Sows in postpartum we must often observe the situation of sows, otherwise it is easy to have fever. The clinical symptoms of postpartum fever in sows are first shown in elevated body temperature, which is about 3-5 degrees above normal body temperature, up to a maximum of 41.5 degrees. After the body has a fever, the sow will be sleepy and do not like exercise, and the amount of food intake will be significantly reduced due to the loss of appetite. Trembling occurs in the body, which leads to a decrease in the basis of breathing and milk production. Observation of the vulva can be found that there will be a thicker discharge.

2. Treatment methods

Sow postpartum fever should be found in time, and then make treatment. The disease should be judged according to the sow's body temperature, eating and mental state, and then different treatment methods should be made. If the body temperature is about 40.5 degrees, the fever is lighter, the spirit is OK, but do not eat. At this time, penicillin and streptomycin should be mixed intramuscularly, twice a day for about 3 days. If the body temperature reaches more than 41 degrees, then sows have more symptoms, then timely injection of Annaga and other drugs, the dosage is controlled at about 10ml. Or tetracycline hydrochloride was injected into the skin and dissolved in glucose salt water, and 500ml was injected intravenously.

3. Preventive measures

The postpartum fever of sows should be mainly prevented. First of all, the feeding equipment should be thoroughly disinfected with caustic soda solution about 7 days before production in the sow farrowing house. And to gradually reduce the amount of daily feeding, do not feed before production, to ensure that sows can give birth smoothly. And in prenatal and postpartum sows should use potassium permanganate and other solutions to wipe the vulva and breasts once, and disinfect them.

If it is difficult to give birth during sow delivery, then appropriate pigsty oxytocin is required. It is best not to reach into the birth canal with your hand to dig, if it really does not work, then disinfect the arm with potassium permanganate before digging, and then apply sulfonamide ointment to avoid infection of the birth canal caused by germs in the arm. During the three days after delivery, the condition of sows should be closely observed, such as eating, lactation, body temperature and so on. If the baby is born in summer and other high temperature environment, then after production, sulfonamides, pituitary and other drugs should be used to prevent postpartum fever.

The above is a brief introduction to how to do postpartum fever in sows. If the postpartum fever of sows is not treated in time, it will cause great harm to sows and young pigs, so we must pay more attention to it. That's all for today's introduction, this article is only for, hope to be able to help you!