Uteritis is a common disease in sows, mostly occurring in the postpartum period, and some unmated sows may also be infected. There are many causes of uteritis, such as streptococcus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus, Escherichia coli and necrotizing bacillus infections can cause uteritis. Pig OK net editor here to remind friends, sows in the period of illness, if you can not get timely treatment, often turn into hidden or chronic infection, leading to breeding difficulties, causing repeated infertility, improve the elimination rate, to the pig farms to bring great economic losses, must strengthen the prevention and treatment of post-partum uterus infection in sows.

Types of clinical manifestations of postpartum uteritis in sows:

Acute type: the sick pig's loss of appetite or stop feeding, increased body temperature, dry nasal discs, often arching the back, frequent urination, greyish-white or greyish-yellow dirty secretion from the vulva, and emit a fishy odor, sometimes mixed with fragments of the fetal coat, especially when the body is lying down and more, reduce lactation, refusing to lactate. The piglets.

Chronic type: this type is more common, the sick pig will show a slight systemic reaction, loss of appetite, but increased desire to drink, increased body temperature, dry nose, reduced urination, and reddish yellow urine. Breeding sows mainly around the vulva, tail root sticky secretion, and emit a bad smell, and drying will form a thin scab, in a variety of colors, such as white, light gray, dark gray, yellow, etc., and standing usually does not flow out of the mucus, but lying down will flow out more, and gradually lose weight.

Hidden type: sick pigs usually do not show obvious systemic symptoms. Appetite is sometimes poor and sometimes good, the estrous cycle is abnormal and irregular, often repeated infertility, the uterus will have a slightly turbid and similar to the clear nose of the liquid back to the outflow of flushing.

Because of more folds in the inner wall of the uterus of the sow, the environment is relatively closed, the inflammation is difficult to eliminate, sow uterus inflammation treatment process is generally more difficult. If the treatment is simple, it is often difficult to be effective. So the sow uterus inflammation is often to prevent the main treatment as a supplement.

Environmental hygiene

The pigsty must be clean and hygienic, and before the gestating sows are transferred to the farrowing house, the farrowing house must be strictly "disinfected in the empty house".

Prior to delivery, sows should be brushed with 0.1% potassium permanganate solution on their vulva, udder, tail, and the parts of the limiting pen close to the body;

Delivery should be assisted in an appropriate way to avoid damaging the mucous membranes of the birth canal, especially in the case of obstructed labor, and the need for artificial delivery should be more careful, and before assisting in the delivery of both hands and other utensils should be drenched with 0.1% neosporin or 0.05% disinfectant. 0.05% disinfectant Wei for soaking disinfection;

After the fetus is delivered and the fetal coat is discharged, the birth canal can be washed with the appropriate concentration of disinfectant, and the appropriate amount of antibacterial drugs can be instilled. Timely cleaning of feces on the delivery bed must be done more than twice a day, otherwise it will lead to infection of the birth canal with streptococcus and E. coli bacteria present in the feces, etc. Especially in the first week after delivery, the care should be strengthened as the body is weak and is discharging the bad dew.

Drug treatment

Drug treatment: treatment must be careful to prohibit the uterine flushing of sick pigs showing obvious systemic symptoms, this is due to the fact that most of these sick pigs have a uterine flushing will lead to rapid deterioration of the condition, and even death occurs. Uterine flushing should only be performed if the pig does not show systemic symptoms or has insignificant systemic symptoms. Generally speaking, when more inflammatory secretions flow out of the birth canal of the sick pig, and the color is darker, the uterus can be flushed, but we should pay attention to the operation must meet the requirements, to avoid too rough and lead to mechanical trauma. Flushing with 0.1% potassium permanganate solution can be flushed, after flushing to the uterus injected antibiotics or metronidazole suspension, and the use of 10% dextrose saline and ceftiofur 2g, as well as vitamins for the infusion of treatment, used to avoid secondary infections. The traditional Chinese medicine "Niuhui San" can also be used with the treatment, including 30 grams of Niuhui, 30 grams of safflower, 40 grams of Angelica sinensis, 30 grams of cinnamon, 24 grams of Radix et Rhizoma Cypripedae, and 24 grams of Ginger, which is decocted and taken with water.

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