Six major reasons piglets grow slowly, pig farmers should know early
Six major reasons piglets grow slowly
Improper weaning
Farmers raising pigs mostly adopt the one-time weaning method, and the piglets are put on the market immediately after weaning, so the piglets' original living conditions, centered on the mother and living together with littermates in a stable and comfortable environment, suddenly change, and the piglets find it hard to adapt for a time, which affects weight gain. The suckling times of the piglets should be gradually reduced 5~6 days before weaning until they are completely weaned. This method is very beneficial to piglet growth.
Supplemental feed not given in time
If the piglets are not given supplemental feed in time during the suckling stage, they cannot eat well after weaning, and with no milk to supplement, growth becomes slow and development stops. Generally, supplemental feeding should start at 7 days of age, so that when the sow's milk production declines, formal supplemental feed can be given to make up for the insufficient milk production of the sow. At first, feed that is fragrant, sweet, crisp and easy to digest should be the main type, and later it should gradually be changed to normal feed.
Unreasonable feed and feeding methods
After weaning, piglets not only cannot get sow's milk, but the feed quality is also very poor, the feed contains more water and less feed, and the daily feeding times are sharply reduced from 6~8 times before weaning to 3 times. These drastic changes in conditions hinder the normal development of piglets. Therefore, when buying pigs, you should ask the seller in detail about the feeding and management of the pigs, so as to gradually transition the feed while maintaining quality and quantity, gradually transition the concentrated, green and coarse feed, and gradually transition the feeding times from many to few.|||Too great a change in environmental conditions
Before weaning, piglets are centered on the mother and live together with littermates. After weaning, they are generally kept one pig per pen, and the piglets cannot adapt to this lonely life in a short time, especially in the cold weather of winter, when they cannot eat or sleep well, and are prone to many kinds of diseases, or even death. Therefore, when buying pigs, you should learn as much as possible about their previous feeding conditions, create a comfortable living environment for the piglets, and make changes in feeding conditions gradually.
Extensive management
At present, farmers raising pigs generally keep one pig per pen, and some pigs eat, sleep and defecate in the same place. In addition, if the pen is not cleaned and bedding is not changed frequently, the environment becomes filthy and the sanitary conditions are extremely poor. Especially in winter, this can easily cause a series of diseases such as colds and diarrhea in pigs, seriously affecting the health of the pigs and being extremely unfavorable to growth and development. In actual pig production, according to how fast they eat and how good their temperament is, 3~6 pigs can be kept per pen, so that the pigs compete for food and grow quickly, and training work should be done well so that they eat at a fixed point, defecate at a fixed point and sleep at a fixed point, keeping the environment sanitary.
Wrong timing for epidemic prevention and castration
Farmers buying pigs mostly go to the market, and carry out epidemic prevention and castration at the same time as purchase. In this way, the three unfavorable factors of weaning, epidemic prevention and castration are all added to the piglets at once, so that the piglets cannot recover their body weight for a long period, seriously affecting the normal growth and development of the pigs. The pigs grow slowly, become stunted pigs, and cause losses that should not occur. Generally, young male pigs not kept for breeding can be castrated at 20 days of age, and young female pigs can be castrated at 30~40 days of age. To prevent certain infectious diseases, swine fever vaccine can be injected before 30 days of age, and erysipelas vaccine can be given at 3 months of age.
Farmers raising pigs mostly adopt the one-time weaning method, and the piglets are put on the market immediately after weaning, so the piglets' original living conditions, centered on the mother and living together with littermates in a stable and comfortable environment, suddenly change, and the piglets find it hard to adapt for a time, which affects weight gain. The suckling times of the piglets should be gradually reduced 5~6 days before weaning until they are completely weaned. This method is very beneficial to piglet growth.
Supplemental feed not given in time
If the piglets are not given supplemental feed in time during the suckling stage, they cannot eat well after weaning, and with no milk to supplement, growth becomes slow and development stops. Generally, supplemental feeding should start at 7 days of age, so that when the sow's milk production declines, formal supplemental feed can be given to make up for the insufficient milk production of the sow. At first, feed that is fragrant, sweet, crisp and easy to digest should be the main type, and later it should gradually be changed to normal feed.
Unreasonable feed and feeding methods
After weaning, piglets not only cannot get sow's milk, but the feed quality is also very poor, the feed contains more water and less feed, and the daily feeding times are sharply reduced from 6~8 times before weaning to 3 times. These drastic changes in conditions hinder the normal development of piglets. Therefore, when buying pigs, you should ask the seller in detail about the feeding and management of the pigs, so as to gradually transition the feed while maintaining quality and quantity, gradually transition the concentrated, green and coarse feed, and gradually transition the feeding times from many to few.|||Too great a change in environmental conditions
Before weaning, piglets are centered on the mother and live together with littermates. After weaning, they are generally kept one pig per pen, and the piglets cannot adapt to this lonely life in a short time, especially in the cold weather of winter, when they cannot eat or sleep well, and are prone to many kinds of diseases, or even death. Therefore, when buying pigs, you should learn as much as possible about their previous feeding conditions, create a comfortable living environment for the piglets, and make changes in feeding conditions gradually.
Extensive management
At present, farmers raising pigs generally keep one pig per pen, and some pigs eat, sleep and defecate in the same place. In addition, if the pen is not cleaned and bedding is not changed frequently, the environment becomes filthy and the sanitary conditions are extremely poor. Especially in winter, this can easily cause a series of diseases such as colds and diarrhea in pigs, seriously affecting the health of the pigs and being extremely unfavorable to growth and development. In actual pig production, according to how fast they eat and how good their temperament is, 3~6 pigs can be kept per pen, so that the pigs compete for food and grow quickly, and training work should be done well so that they eat at a fixed point, defecate at a fixed point and sleep at a fixed point, keeping the environment sanitary.
Wrong timing for epidemic prevention and castration
Farmers buying pigs mostly go to the market, and carry out epidemic prevention and castration at the same time as purchase. In this way, the three unfavorable factors of weaning, epidemic prevention and castration are all added to the piglets at once, so that the piglets cannot recover their body weight for a long period, seriously affecting the normal growth and development of the pigs. The pigs grow slowly, become stunted pigs, and cause losses that should not occur. Generally, young male pigs not kept for breeding can be castrated at 20 days of age, and young female pigs can be castrated at 30~40 days of age. To prevent certain infectious diseases, swine fever vaccine can be injected before 30 days of age, and erysipelas vaccine can be given at 3 months of age.