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What are the treatment methods for urinary retention in pigs?
Causes: Urinary retention in pigs is mainly a urological disease causing difficult urination, brought on by cystitis, urethritis, urethral trauma and urinary tract infections. Symptoms: The affected pig does not urinate, or urinates in drops or a thin stream. The pig repeatedly assumes a urination posture but no urine is passed. When bladder stones are relatively large, they can cause difficulty urinating, commonly with kicking of the belly with the hind legs and symptoms of colic. Diagnosis: It can be readily confirmed based on the characteristic clinical symptoms and the pattern of urination. However, care must be taken to distinguish it from abdominal pain and constipation; careful examination and observation are necessary, and treatment should be given early, otherwise it easily
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Farmer Grows Poppies to Prevent Chickens and Pigs from Getting Sick
The Wanshi Police Station of Yixing City seized 50 illegally planted poppy plants on Xu's private plot in Mazhuang Village. The investigation revealed that Xu, during a casual chat with someone, heard that poppies were effective in treating sick chickens, pigs and other poultry. Thinking of his own chickens and pigs, he tried to obtain poppy seeds and secretly planted them on his private plot. Recently, the police have strengthened anti-drug publicity efforts, helping villagers learn how to identify poppies. When someone discovered that the plants blooming vibrantly on Xu's private plot were poppies, they reported it to the police.
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Good Methods for Medicating Sick Pigs: Scientific Medication Promotes Recovery
After a pig falls ill, choosing the appropriate method of administering medicine can not only improve the efficacy of the drug, shorten the course of treatment, and enable rapid recovery, but also reduce drug waste and save on medication expenses. 1. Fasting medication method: This method is suitable when the sick pig has an appetite and the drug has no special odor. The specific practice is: in the morning when the sick pig is fasting, mix the drug into a small amount of feed the pig likes, and give it so that it eats it all quickly. Administering the drug this way neither wastes the drug nor fails to achieve the expected effect. For deworming pigs, this method works best.
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What are the symptoms of salt poisoning in pigs?
Because salt has the effect of enhancing appetite, some unscrupulous traders often add excessive salt to the feed before selling piglets to increase the piglets' weight and seek exorbitant profits, which leads to poisoning, so farmers should pay attention when buying piglets to avoid being cheated. Sodium is one of the essential elements for animals. Usually, adding 0.3-0.5% salt to the feed is enough to meet a pig's needs. When pigs lack it due to sweating, vomiting, diarrhea, urination, etc., it should be supplemented in time, otherwise slow growth and pica (such as eating feces and urine,
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What are the rescue methods for allergic reactions in cattle and pigs?
When mass vaccinating cattle against bovine pleuropneumonia and foot-and-mouth disease and using drugs such as antibiotics and sulfonamides, livestock such as cattle and pigs can develop allergic reactions. After an allergic reaction occurs in livestock, edema develops in multiple parts of the body, along with symptoms such as allergic bronchitis and asthmatic bronchopneumonia; in severe cases or if rescue is delayed, it can lead to death. Russian livestock workers have adopted a method for treating allergic reactions in livestock, which is to inject livestock subcutaneously with a 1% atropine sulfate solution as soon as the first clinical symptoms appear
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What to Do About Drug Poisoning in Pigs? Diagnosis and Treatment of One Case
Onset of disease: On September 17, 2008, a farmer, Mr. Yang, from Baiyun District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, came seeking treatment because 25 growing pigs weighing 25 kg to 30 kg had developed drug poisoning. Mr. Chen reported: because the weather had turned cold, the pigs in the whole pen generally had severe coughing, so on the afternoon of September 16 he went to the local veterinary drug store to buy medicine for treatment. When choosing the drugs, he did not consult the store's veterinarian and arbitrarily selected 5 injectable drugs: high-potency lincomycin, procaine penicillin, aminophylline, analgin, and kanamycin. After returning to the pig farm
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How to prevent and treat winter diarrhea in pigs? Pig farmers need to master these methods
Winter diarrhea is epidemic diarrhea of pigs in winter. The peak incidence period is from mid-December to mid-January of the following year; the onset is acute, the spread is rapid, and the epidemic range is wide; the incidence rate is high and the mortality rate is low, seriously affecting the growth and development of pigs. Symptoms The incubation period of this disease is generally 12 hours to 18 hours. After adult pigs are infected, watery diarrhea appears. The feces are initially grayish white, gradually becoming yellowish green, with a foul odor. Abdominal distension, vomiting, and body temperature initially rises to 40°C to 41°C. Once diarrhea occurs, the body temperature drops, and the pig is thirsty and drinks eagerly. Piglets within 10 days of age suddenly vomit, followed by watery diarrhea, with curds in the stool, and if not treated in time, they become emaciated and die. The author used integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine to treat more than 100 cases, with an effective rate of over 96%.
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Prevention and Treatment of Vitamin B1 Deficiency in Pigs
Symptoms: The sick pig is emaciated, with rough, dull hair and dry skin, and has a reduced appetite; some pigs vomit. In the early stage, constipation is common, with small pellets resembling sheep droppings, which often turns into diarrhea in the later stage. Lameness occurs in one or more limbs, with a stiff gait, difficulty standing, and trembling and shivering. Palpation causes no pain response, and reactions to stimuli are sluggish. The pig is listless, prefers to lie down, and appears fatigued. Some pigs have paroxysmal spasms. Body temperature shows little change. The onset is slow, and the course of the disease lasts more than 7 days. Prevention and treatment: Feed a complete compounded daily ration that meets nutritional needs, and pay attention to including fine rice bran, wheat bran, beans, green vegetables, green
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Pigs
1. Increase the temperature of the pig house and pay attention to cold protection and warmth. Increasing the temperature of the pig house and preventing cold and keeping warm is a very important part of raising pigs in winter. There are many ways to increase the temperature of the pig house, but there are four simple, economical and practical methods. First, cover an open pig house with plastic film. It is best to cover it with double-layer plastic film; this method is suitable for fattening pig houses and non-lactating sow houses. Second, use boiler-type heating in closed pig-raising workshops. Third, use heating plus plastic film covering in open pig houses. Fourth, use heating plus electric heaters, suitable for lactating sow houses. In addition
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To raise pigs well, feed formulation is the key
First, it must be varied and reasonable to ensure comprehensive nutrition. Among the three types of feed for pigs - green feed, roughage and concentrate - green feed contains more water, is bulky, easy to digest and highly palatable, and contains a variety of vitamins, minerals and protein; roughage is bulky and has a relatively high crude fiber content, and when reasonably combined it can increase the contact surface between feed and digestive juices and has a laxative effect, easily giving pigs a feeling of fullness, but it is difficult to digest; concentrate is characterized by small volume, high nutritional value and easy digestion, but is relatively lacking in minerals and vitamins. Second, pay attention
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