What should be done about epidemic diarrhea in pigs

Pigs are found to be the most common disease in pig farms, but there are many causes of pig diarrhea in pig farms, including a contact intestinal infection caused by epidemic diarrhea virus. At the time of onset, it is very similar to infectious gastrointestinal tract, but the mortality rate is high, especially piglets are very easy to die after infection. So what should we do about porcine epidemic diarrhea? Let's take a look.

1. Symptoms of porcine epidemic diarrhea

The incubation period of porcine epidemic diarrhea is generally 5 to 8 days. The main clinical symptoms are watery diarrhea or vomiting, which usually occurs after eating or breast-feeding. The severity of symptoms varies with age, and the younger the age is, the more severe the symptoms are. One-week-old piglets die of dehydration after 3-4 diarrhea, and the mortality rate is as high as 50%; diarrhea occurs in fattening pigs after infection and generally recovers in about a week, with a mortality rate of 1% 3%; while adult pigs have mild symptoms, some only show vomiting, and severe watery diarrhea can be cured in 3-4 days.

2. Preventive methods

First of all, to do the border from the feed, to strengthen nutrition, control mycotoxin poisoning, can add a certain proportion of mildew remover to the feed. Then think of ways to increase the temperature of the pig house, especially with the barn, delivery room and nursery, to ensure that the pigs grow in a suitable temperature environment. At the same time, the pig farm should be given regular health care, and the whole pig herd should be given synchronous health care once a month to control the growth of bacterial diseases. For health care of sows three days after delivery, high fever gold needle injection can be selected. If an infected person is found, another 10 ml ~ 20 ml will be injected three days after delivery.

3. Treatment methods

For 8-13-day-old diarrhea pigs can be mixed with oral rehydration salt oxytetracycline or norfloxacin, warm 39 degrees, 4-5 times a day, to ensure that the pig will not be dehydrated. Pigs with serious illness should be isolated in time to avoid spreading the disease and then use drug-assisted treatment. at present, our country has developed PEDV formaldehyde aluminum hydroxide inactivated vaccine, which can be used to prevent and cure the disease, and can vaccinate sows and piglets.

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