Detailed Explanation of Key Technical Points for the Feeding and Management of Newborn Piglets

Newborn piglets have an underdeveloped thermoregulatory center and are highly susceptible to cold stress, making them prone to piglet pneumonia. At the same time, they are easily crushed or injured to death by the sow, so the following work must be done well.

1. Pay attention to the temperature of the pig house and do a good job of heat preservation. Pig farms with the means can use a constant-temperature control system. Generally, a farrowing box can be set up in the sow house, with straw or cotton wadding placed at the bottom of the box, and an infrared lamp hung at the front for irradiation.

2. Let the piglets suckle colostrum in time. Colostrum contains a variety of immunoglobulins, so after the piglets are born, regardless of whether the sow has finished farrowing, pick up the piglets and place them beside the sow to nurse.

3. Supplement salt and selenium. 2-3 days after birth, give the piglets a 0.1% potassium permanganate solution to drink to clean out the intestinal tract, then feed them electrolytic multivitamins and oral glucose dissolved in water for 2-3 days. At 5-6 days, supplement iron: inject each piglet with 2-3 ml of iron-cobalt injection, or drip an aqueous solution of ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate and copper sulfate onto the sow's teats while the piglets are suckling; both methods give good results. At 7-8 days, inject 2 ml of sodium selenite VE.

4. Prevent piglet yellow and white diarrhea. About 20 days before farrowing, vaccinate the sow with K88 and K99 piglet genetically engineered vaccine; about 15 days before farrowing, add 1 kg of oxytetracycline per ton of sow feed.

5. If piglet yellow and white diarrhea occurs, add "Mu Zi Fu Xie Kang" to the sow feed, or dissolve norfloxacin powder and amoxicillin powder in the piglets' drinking water; in severe cases, inject drugs such as "Chang Kuai Kang", oxytetracycline and gentamicin.

6. Start feeding early. Begin training the piglets to eat at around 7 days, using artificial milk creep feed, 20 kg to 30 kg per litter; after the piglets enter the peak feeding period, switch to piglet nursery feed. He Jinfeng