What are the postpartum care measures for sows? In the postpartum management of sows, bad situations such as postpartum inflammation, postpartum fever, and inability to eat often occur, which directly leads to physical weakness and weight loss of suckling piglets, and is more prone to yellow and white diarrhea, edema and other diseases, and even the entire litter of pigs. The piglets will all die due to malnutrition. The losses to the pig farm at this time are directly economic benefits. So how to care for the sows after giving birth? What should I do if a sow has no milk after giving birth? How long does it take for sows to receive anti-inflammatory shots after giving birth? What anti-inflammatory injections should sows receive after giving birth? What should I do if a sow doesn’t eat after giving birth? How to feed sows after giving birth? Therefore, it is necessary to understand the professional knowledge of sow postpartum care in order to raise sows well and improve the efficiency of the pig farm.
1. Postpartum care of sows: Key points of prenatal management of sows
Postpartum care of sows must first start before delivery. The sows must gradually take care of themselves during the four or five days before delivery. The purpose of reducing the amount of feeding is to reduce abdominal pressure. Eat less before delivery so that you can eat more after delivery. If you eat too much before delivery, it will not only cause the labor process to be too long, but also cause food accumulation in the postpartum stomach, or eating less or not eating at all.
The sows should not be fed for three days, that is, not fed on the day of breeding, not fed on the day when signs of farrowing are found, and not fed on the first day after farrowing. The purpose of not feeding on the day of breeding is to reduce abdominal pressure and facilitate conception. Not feeding on the day when the signs of birth are detected is to prevent excessive abdominal pressure from causing a prolonged labor process, and it can also prevent food accumulation in the stomach after delivery.
2. How to care for sows after giving birth?
1. After the sow gives birth, clean the sow’s buttocks, farrowing bed, and floor, remove the afterbirth in time, and pack and clean the delivery tools.
2. Check whether the afterbirth is complete
Ensure that the afterbirth is completely removed, and the number of umbilical cords should be consistent with the number of pups
3 Anti-inflammation
First time When giving birth to sows or newborn calves that are large, the sow’s uterus is easily damaged, so anti-inflammation is essential
4 Feeding methods
Sows will It consumes a lot of physical energy, so it must be restored with a suitable diet. Generally, salt water and high-protein food are used for feeding
5 Management
After giving birth, the immune function of the sow is low. state, it is easy to get infected at this time, so hygiene is very important. Pollutants on the floor, walls and fences must be cleaned to give the sow a clean and hygienic environment.
3. What should I do if a sow has no milk after giving birth?
Postpartum agalactia in sows refers to a disease in which the milk production of sows drops sharply to no milk within 72 hours of giving birth to the first piglet. It is a common disease in pig farms. There are many reasons for postpartum agalactia in sows, including systemic febrile diseases, mastitis, malnutrition during pregnancy, incomplete mammary gland development, postpartum reproductive tract diseases, prolonged labor, stress, hormone secretion disorders, lactation disorders, etc. It can cause sows to have no milk or less milk after giving birth. If not treated in time, most piglets will die due to hunger, hypoglycemia, and diarrhea. Even the foster piglets died of diarrhea because they did not eat enough colostrum and their own resistance decreased.