Corrective measures for abnormal behavior of pigs

With the development of large-scale pig farming, abnormal behaviors such as tail biting, ear biting and fighting are also on the rise, which is a common phenomenon in pig farms, but if the bitten pigs are not treated in time, it is very likely to cause wound infection. it not only affects the normal growth of pigs, but also may cause local inflammation or tissue necrosis caused by bacterial infection, resulting in unnecessary economic losses. So how to correct these abnormal behaviors of pigs? Let's take a look.

1. Nutritional balance of uniform diet

Abnormal behavior of pigs may be caused by nutritional imbalance in feed, such as low protein content in feed, disorder of protein metabolism in pigs, some abnormal behavior and must be excited to bite each other. When there is a lack of iron, copper, calcium and other mineral elements in the feed, pigs may have abnormal behaviors such as convulsions and stress tolerance, as well as fighting behavior. When there is a lack of vitamins in the feed, the pig's body function will appear disorder, resulting in abnormal behavior.

2. Optimize the growth environment.

The abnormal behavior of pigs has a great impact on the environment, when the environmental hygiene conditions of pig houses are poor, coupled with poor ventilation and high concentration of harmful gases, which will cause irritability of pigs and stimulate the occurrence of tail biting in pigs. When the pig house is hot and humid, it is very easy to cause itching on the pig surface and induce mutual bite behavior. In a harsh environment, sound, bright light and other factors will promote the stress response of pigs and increase fighting behavior.

3. Strengthen feeding and management.

If the breeding density of the pig farm is too large, the space of the pigsty is narrow, and the pigs collide with each other easily, and the fighting behavior occurs in order to compete for drinking water and food. After the conversion, the pigs should be familiar with the new living environment, at this time the pigs will be very active, often there will be fighting, especially the smaller pigs are very easy to be bitten. Therefore, in order to strengthen feeding management, we must first control the breeding density, ensure that each pig has at least 2 square meters of living space, and raise pigs of similar size together when changing groups, so as to avoid the occurrence of bullying the small.

The above are the corrective measures for the abnormal behavior of pigs. I hope I can help you. If you want to know more about it, please follow us.