Swine encephalitis is a common disease in pig farms, and its threat level ranks high among all pig diseases. Some new farmers are helpless against swine encephalitis and suffer heavy losses once they get sick. What is the cause of such a destructive pig disease? Is there any quick cure?

Types of swine encephalitis

1) Acute swine encephalitis: This type is difficult to cure. The sick pig goes crazy, screams, and has protruding blood vessels in the ears, and usually dies within an hour. . For this type of disease, we can try sulfonamide treatment, but the effect is generally not very satisfactory.

2) Subacute swine encephalitis: The symptoms of this type of swine encephalitis are relatively mild. Pigs usually lie on the ground twitching every few minutes and foam at the mouth.

3) Chronic swine encephalitis: This type of symptom is the mildest, occurring about five times a day, and the duration is short. Basically, the sick pig falls to the ground and goes crazy, neighs, coughs, and has diarrhea.

Causes of pig encephalitis

In most cases, pig encephalitis is caused by improper feeding and management, such as unbalanced feed nutrition, excessive pig density, The pens are poorly ventilated, there is accumulation of feces, and the pens are not regularly disinfected (the worst is in summer, because bacteria breed and there are too many mosquitoes and flies that can easily spread the encephalitis virus).

In a small number of cases, porcine encephalitis is caused by inadequate vaccine prevention. Poor vaccine quality, substandard vaccination measures, or excessive levels of PRRS virus in pig herds can all lead to this result. Diseases causing swine encephalitis include Streptococcus, Japanese encephalitis, Listeria, pseudorabies, salt poisoning, heat stroke and heat stress.

How to treat porcine encephalitis

There is currently no specific drug for this disease. If the symptoms of the sick pig are mild, they can be treated with interferon and sulfa drugs. If pig encephalitis is caused by bacteria, it can be treated with quinolones, sulfonamides, and doxycycline. If the pigs can eat normally, just use oxytetracycline to mix the food.

For porcine encephalitis caused by salt poisoning, first of all, a large amount of fresh water should be administered, and then intravenous injection of glucose physiological salt solution, mannitol, and sulfadiazine sodium should be given. The most important point is that porcine encephalitis is generally a secondary symptom of other diseases. We must first determine the real cause and clarify the primary disease in order to increase the probability of cure.