Causes and solutions of postpartum fasting in sows

Many pig farms will appear the symptoms of postpartum fasting of sows, also known as sow lazy moon disease, which is a clinical syndrome of digestive disorder and anorexia that often occurs in sows after delivery. Light results in the decline of sow lactation performance, resulting in slow growth of piglets, turning into stiff pigs, and severe weaning anestrus, even exhaustion and death. So what is the cause of postpartum fasting in sows? How to solve it? Let's take a look.

First, the reason why sows do not eat after parturition

1. Feeding problem

Too much intensive feeding of sows before birth, especially the high content of soybean cake, lack of vitamins, minerals and trace elements in the feed, resulting in heavy gastrointestinal burden, causing indigestion, resulting in postpartum fasting.

2. The process of labor

Because the delivery is difficult and the labor process is too long, the sows are too tired to cause colds and fever and other symptoms, resulting in sows not eating after delivery, and the reason for the long labor process is the weak physique of the sows.

3. Gastrointestinal problems

After parturition, abdominal decompression and increased blood flow will lead to abdominal organs, especially congestion of intestines and stomach, liver and kidney, slow gastrointestinal peristalsis and decrease of digestive juice secretion, which is the root cause of postpartum fasting.

4. Lactation problem

A large number of postpartum sows lactation, the concentration of glucose and calcium in the blood decreased, resulting in damage to the central nervous system, resulting in reduced milk production, and piglets due to lack of milk and unrest, which will interfere with the normal rest of sows, resulting in disorders in the digestive system of sows, resulting in postpartum abstinence.

II. Solutions

1. Ensure adequate nutrition

The feeding management should be strengthened and the feed should be matched reasonably. To supply adequate green feed for sows, green feed should be provided at the early stage of pregnancy to effectively reduce the adverse effects caused by feed control during pregnancy, and appropriate vitamins should be supplemented.

2. Strengthen the management of sows during pregnancy.

If conditions permit, pregnant sows should be given proper exercise to control the condition of sows, neither fat nor thin.

3. Do a good job in sanitary disinfection

Clean and hygienic in time after giving birth, postpartum sows are weak and easily infected with diseases, so it is necessary to do a good job in cleaning and disinfecting the enclosure, and at the same time to prevent obstetrical diseases of sows, such as postpartum hysteritis, mastitis, puerperal fever, etc., the key measures to ensure the health of sows.

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