How long after infection with African swine fever do piglets show symptoms?

Piglets will not contract African swine fever when epidemic prevention is properly carried out. If a pig farm has had an outbreak of African swine fever, then after disinfection and harmless treatment for 42 days with no new cases of the disease, pigs can be raised there again.

1. Symptoms of swine fever in piglets

In the early stage, constipation, with dry and hard dung pellets whose surface is covered with a large amount of white intestinal mucus; in the later stage, diarrhea, with foul-smelling feces containing mucus or blood. On the skin of the snout, behind the ears, the abdomen and the inner sides of the limbs, as well as on the mucous membranes of the gums, inside the lips and the anus of sick pigs, pinhead-sized bleeding points appear that do not fade when pressed, and the inguinal lymph nodes become swollen. In boars, the prepuce becomes inflamed and the preputial sheath accumulates urine; when squeezed by hand, a foul-smelling turbid liquid is ejected. Piglets may show neurological symptoms, manifesting as teeth grinding, backing up, circling, rigidity, lying on the side and paddling movements, and even coma, etc.

Symptoms: The skin over the whole body, the serous membranes, the mucous membranes and the internal organs show varying degrees of hemorrhage.

Recommended method; Feiwenqing: for prevention, mix into feed at 0.2-0.3% (Feiwenqing 2-3 kg per ton of feed), use for 7-14 days each month; for treatment, 0.4-0.5% (Feiwenqing 4-5 kg per ton of feed), used continuously for 7 days; suitable for farmed animals of all ages.