What to Do When a Pig Has a Fever and Won't Eat? Cause Analysis and Treatment Methods

Summary When a pig develops a fever and stops eating, a veterinarian should be called in at once to determine the cause, and then the right medicine should be given according to the pig's condition. Never administer drugs on your own at random, and never ignore the problem and let the fever subside by itself. In addition, during routine feeding, be sure to vaccinate the pigs in time to avoid losses caused by illness.

If a pig develops a fever and stops eating, you need to determine the cause of the fever and call in a veterinarian to prescribe the right medicine according to the pig's condition. Do not administer drugs on your own at random, and do not ignore the problem and let the fever subside by itself. Also, during routine feeding, be sure to vaccinate the pigs in time to avoid losses caused by illness.

There are many causes of fever and loss of appetite in pigs, such as swine influenza, swine pasteurellosis, swine fever, swine Japanese encephalitis, swine transmissible gastroenteritis and so on. Moreover, if the whole herd is affected, you must take it seriously and treat it promptly, so as to avoid the condition becoming more serious and causing unnecessary deaths among the pigs.

When a pig has a fever and stops eating, it is usually because it is sick. At this point you should not simply keep trying to bring the fever down; even if the body temperature comes down, the actual illness has not been cured. This is because pigs, like humans, run a fever as a protective response of the body. We should carefully observe whether the pig's spirits are good, whether it has diarrhea and so on, and then have a veterinarian combine these with other symptoms to make the most accurate judgment, and then cure the fever and loss of appetite at its root.

Illness in pigs is very harmful to them: it causes them to lose condition, and in severe cases it can lead to death. Therefore, pig diseases should be prevented promptly in daily practice, and disinfection work and feeding management should be strengthened. Only in this way can the morbidity and mortality rates of pigs be reduced, so that pig farmers can obtain the greatest benefits.