What are the prevention and treatment methods for nutritional anemia in piglets?
Prevention and treatment of nutritional anemia in piglets
Nutritional anemia in piglets is a disease caused by a deficiency or lack of certain nutrients in the feed, especially vitamins and minerals, which leads to a disorder of the hematopoietic system. It mostly occurs in piglets that are poorly managed after weaning.
Causes The causes of this disease are many and complex, and it often occurs under the combined action of many factors.
1. Pregnant sows that are malnourished or long-term lacking in succulent feed, protein, vitamins, and minerals, etc., will produce piglets that quickly fall into an anemic state.
2. After birth, piglets grow and develop rapidly, their hematopoietic function is vigorous, and their iron requirement is high, but the iron content in sow milk is limited (normally growing piglets need about 7 milliliters of iron per day, while sow milk can provide only 1 milliliter of iron per day).
3. Smaller and weaker piglets in the same litter often do not get enough milk and are also prone to anemia.
4. Farmers mostly raise pigs in pens, and the pen floor is mostly cement or wooden boards, and piglets start eating late, so the amount of iron piglets obtain from the outside is small.
5. Due to poor piglet feeding and management and environmental influences, piglets develop diarrhea, functional disorders, etc., which affect the absorption of trace elements and nutrients.
6. After weaning, piglets are immediately fed relatively coarse feed or are fed a single feed for a long period. Under conditions such as long-term unreasonable indoor housing, insufficient exercise, no exposure to sunlight, or too short a time in sunlight, nutritional anemia in piglets is easily caused.
Symptoms After piglets become ill, they are depressed, unwilling to move, have reduced appetite, malnutrition, weak constitution, rough and lusterless hair, diarrhea, thin feces, pale mucous membranes of the eyes, nose, and mouth, grayish-white ear tips, increased respiration and pulse, but body temperature is not high, and the skin feels cold to the touch. In severe cases, it can lead to death.
Prevention and treatment
1. Strengthen feeding and management. Sows should be given feed containing appropriate protein, minerals, and vitamins, and should have proper exercise and frequent exposure to sunlight.
2. Scatter some clean iron-containing red clay in the pig house and let the piglets lick it.
3. Drop a mixed solution of 0.25% ferric sulfate and copper sulfate on the sow's teats and let the piglets ingest it along with the milk.
4. After weaning, ensure that the piglet feed contains 80 mg/kg of iron to meet their growth needs.
5. Vitamin D colloidal calcium 1 milliliter to 2 milliliters, one intramuscular injection, once a day, for 3 consecutive days.
6. Intramuscular injection of Shenglingxue 1 milliliter to 2 milliliters, or intramuscular injection of 0.1% sodium selenite 0.5 milliliters, once a day, for 5 consecutive days.
7. Liver extract injection 0.2 milliliters to 1 milliliter and 5% glucose solution 1 milliliter to 3 milliliters, mixed for intramuscular injection, once a day, for 5 days to 7 consecutive days.
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Causes The causes of this disease are many and complex, and it often occurs under the combined action of many factors.
1. Pregnant sows that are malnourished or long-term lacking in succulent feed, protein, vitamins, and minerals, etc., will produce piglets that quickly fall into an anemic state.
2. After birth, piglets grow and develop rapidly, their hematopoietic function is vigorous, and their iron requirement is high, but the iron content in sow milk is limited (normally growing piglets need about 7 milliliters of iron per day, while sow milk can provide only 1 milliliter of iron per day).
3. Smaller and weaker piglets in the same litter often do not get enough milk and are also prone to anemia.
4. Farmers mostly raise pigs in pens, and the pen floor is mostly cement or wooden boards, and piglets start eating late, so the amount of iron piglets obtain from the outside is small.
5. Due to poor piglet feeding and management and environmental influences, piglets develop diarrhea, functional disorders, etc., which affect the absorption of trace elements and nutrients.
6. After weaning, piglets are immediately fed relatively coarse feed or are fed a single feed for a long period. Under conditions such as long-term unreasonable indoor housing, insufficient exercise, no exposure to sunlight, or too short a time in sunlight, nutritional anemia in piglets is easily caused.
Symptoms After piglets become ill, they are depressed, unwilling to move, have reduced appetite, malnutrition, weak constitution, rough and lusterless hair, diarrhea, thin feces, pale mucous membranes of the eyes, nose, and mouth, grayish-white ear tips, increased respiration and pulse, but body temperature is not high, and the skin feels cold to the touch. In severe cases, it can lead to death.
Prevention and treatment
1. Strengthen feeding and management. Sows should be given feed containing appropriate protein, minerals, and vitamins, and should have proper exercise and frequent exposure to sunlight.
2. Scatter some clean iron-containing red clay in the pig house and let the piglets lick it.
3. Drop a mixed solution of 0.25% ferric sulfate and copper sulfate on the sow's teats and let the piglets ingest it along with the milk.
4. After weaning, ensure that the piglet feed contains 80 mg/kg of iron to meet their growth needs.
5. Vitamin D colloidal calcium 1 milliliter to 2 milliliters, one intramuscular injection, once a day, for 3 consecutive days.
6. Intramuscular injection of Shenglingxue 1 milliliter to 2 milliliters, or intramuscular injection of 0.1% sodium selenite 0.5 milliliters, once a day, for 5 consecutive days.
7. Liver extract injection 0.2 milliliters to 1 milliliter and 5% glucose solution 1 milliliter to 3 milliliters, mixed for intramuscular injection, once a day, for 5 days to 7 consecutive days.
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