Can sows deworm during lactation?

For planned pig farms, deworming work is carried out three times a year, and four times if serious parasite problems occur. On the other hand, there are still many parasites in sows, which will affect the feed intake and gastrointestinal absorption of pigs, and if many of them are not cleared in time during lactation, then parasites are very likely to be transmitted to piglets, and the resistance of piglets is weak. it's very likely to cause piglets to die. So is the sow young for deworming during lactation? Let's take a look.

1. Can sows be dewormed during lactation?

Deworming is not recommended during the lactation period of sows, because the deworming drug itself is toxic, which will make the milk of sows very bad, so that the piglets will not eat enough, and it is very easy to grow thin and have diarrhea. In addition, deworming drugs will also follow the milk into the body of piglets, piglets are very easy to form stiff pigs after eating such milk, so piglets will grow slowly after sows are dewormed during lactation, so try not to do deworming in sows during lactation.

2. How to deworming sows

Deworming can not be carried out in sows during lactation, so deworming must be done before sows give birth to minimize the possibility of parasite transmission from sows to piglets. Generally speaking, a small amount of deworming agent is applied in the feed for a continuous week to eliminate the parasites in the sow, so that the effect of parasites on piglets can be reduced. Do a good job in environmental hygiene during deworming to avoid secondary infection, especially sow feces.

3. Precautions for deworming

For different kinds of parasites, the choice of deworming agents is also different, combined with the types of parasites to choose targeted agents, and in the method of deworming, the effect of subcutaneous injection is much higher than that of internal administration, and most of the drugs injected subcutaneously appear ivermectin.

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