What to Do If a Pig Has Diarrhea? Causes and Solutions for Pig Diarrhea

We all encounter some problems in daily raising, and diarrhea is one of the most common problems in pig farming. Different causes of diarrhea require different treatment methods, so today we need to understand what causes diarrhea in pigs and how to prevent and treat it. Let's learn about it together below.

1. White scour

White scour generally occurs in newborn piglets, whose various body functions have not yet fully developed. The cause of the diarrhea is a relatively dirty raising environment, and secondly, bacterial infection when suckling mother's milk. So to prevent and treat diarrhea in piglets, we generally add some oxytetracycline and calcium tablets to the sow's feed. This can both supplement the energy the piglets need and make the mother's milk healthier, with a good preventive effect on piglet diarrhea. Finally, we can give the piglets physiological saline or oxytetracycline, which also has a very good effect on preventing and treating diarrhea.

2. Transmissible gastroenteritis

If it is transmissible gastroenteritis, its symptoms differ from ordinary diarrhea. It often comes with vomiting, and it is extremely contagious. If it is not treated or isolated in time, then by the next day it may not be just that one pig with diarrhea, but a whole pen of pigs with diarrhea, and the mortality rate is very high. So if we find a pig with vomiting accompanied by diarrhea symptoms, we generally need to use sulfonamides and furans for injection, and can also add oral physiological saline to the feed to prevent other pigs from also becoming infected.

3. Gastrointestinal upset caused by feeding

When feeding, we should not add large amounts of growth-promoting feed just to seek quick results. Using too much will cause gastrointestinal upset and then diarrhea, or they may feel uncomfortable after eating certain foods, so we must carefully read the notes on pig raising. At this time, we can make the feed as light as possible, then grind a few penicillin tablets into powder, put them into the feed, stir evenly and feed. This can effectively solve the problem of gastrointestinal upset. Finally, of course, you can also try a method summarized in rural areas, which is to stir-fry sorghum until cooked and feed it, which can also ease the symptoms.

4. Diarrhea caused by bacterial pathogen infection

If feeding is very scientific, then diarrhea problems caused by external bacterial infection must be treated with medication to be effective. We generally use sulfonamide drugs for injection. If the symptoms do not ease, then treatment needs to be combined with probiotics. Because continuous diarrhea may cause severe dehydration in the pig's body, and during this period they have little appetite to eat. To maintain strength and prevent dehydration, they are generally given physiological saline.

The above is a small summary by the editor based on some symptoms and treatment methods that appear during ordinary pig feeding. In daily feeding, we can carry out prevention, generally by adding some harmless drugs to the feed for care. That's all for today's sharing by the editor. If you want to get more common knowledge about pig farming, please follow Qinnong Network.