How long is the growth cycle of a pig? A detailed explanation of the time to market for farmed pigs
The pig growth cycle is 4-5 months. The pig's growth and development stages consist of three periods: the suckling stage, the nursery stage, and the growing-fattening stage.
I. How many stages is the pig growth cycle divided into?
1. Key points of feeding and management during the suckling period
In the first 3 days after birth, let the piglets take in enough colostrum, fix the teats, do a good job of preventing the sow from crushing them, and keep them warm. At 5-7 days of age, begin supplemental feeding for the piglets, step by step, letting the piglets go from recognizing the feed to eating it, and transition to fully eating feed at weaning.
Pay attention to the hygiene of the farrowing house and the sow's udder to prevent piglet diarrhea.
2. Key points of feeding and management during the nursery period
First, get the piglets safely through the weaning hurdle: here the main task is to do a good job of preventing weaning stress. The weaning hurdle is the third of the most important hurdles in a pig's life, and it is a very great stress both mentally and physically for the piglets, so doing a good job of preventing weaning stress is very important.
3. Key points of feeding and management during the fattening period:
(1) Provide a reasonable pen area: 20-45 kg, 0.37 sq m/head; 46=102 kg, 0.84 sq m/head
(2) Reasonable ventilation: pay attention to cooling in summer, and in winter pay attention to harmful gases exceeding the standard and causing respiratory diseases.
(3) Adjust the uniformity of the pig herd in time: promptly pick out the small and weak stragglers and raise them separately. Solve the straggler problem mainly by increasing nutrition, rather than adding large amounts of therapeutic drugs.
(4) Regular disinfection: fattening pigs eat a lot and grow fast, and their disease resistance is weak, especially against bacterial diseases: streptococcus and the like. These bacterial diseases are all conditioning-related diseases; as long as they are within a certain range, the pigs will not become ill.
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