What are the misconceptions about pig farming in rural areas? These major mistakes should be avoided

There are quite a few people raising pigs in rural areas, especially in recent years, with countless new small and medium-sized pig farms being built in the countryside. In fact, most of the people running these small pig farms have not received professional training in pig farming techniques, so they often make mistakes during breeding, while also believing that these wrong practices are experience accumulated over many years. Today, the editor has compiled several of the more common misconceptions about pig farming that are widespread in rural areas. Let's take a look below.

1. Improper selection of feed

I believe many people generally do not spend too much time on choosing pig feed. In many cases, when a feed seller promotes a certain feed as being so-and-so good, after a brief hesitation and then comparing prices, they ultimately choose the cheaper feed, without considering factors such as the feed's palatability and quality. Especially now that much of the feed is delivered directly to the door, there is simply no inspection of the feed's quality, which ultimately leads to pigs eating spoiled or inferior feed, affecting their normal growth.

2. Improper feed formulation

Improper feed formulation is mainly manifested in these aspects. First, many people do not pay attention to the issue of nutritional balance when mixing feed, simply considering whether the pigs can eat their fill. Second, many people, when mixing feed, believe that concentrated feed should make up most of the proportion, without considering the nutrients needed during the pigs' growth period. Finally, quite a few people, when formulating feed, do not take into account factors such as breeding pigs, boars, young pigs, suckling pigs, and the different growth stages of suckling pigs, and basically formulate it according to the same ratio. These problems will cause issues such as nutritional deficiencies and poor development in pig growth.

3. Improper feeding management

There are even more mistakes made in the aspect of improper feeding management, and the editor will briefly mention a few points here. First, most people think that the longer the feeding time, the bigger the pig will grow, but this is not the case. After the pig's weight reaches a certain number of kilograms, it basically stops growing much, so it needs to be sold in a timely manner. Second, when feeding, a lot of water is added so that the pigs can eat their fill, or a water trough is specially set up in the pig pen and water is continuously added. Finally, many people still use cooked feed to feed pigs, which weakens the nutritional content of the feed and may also produce nitrite, causing pig poisoning and death.

4. Non-standard daily management

Improper daily management is mainly manifested in aspects such as cleaning and disinfection of pig pens. Many pig farms still use traditional bedding for raising pigs, but do not clean the bedding in a timely manner. Sometimes it is even cleaned only once every three or four months, which breeds a lot of bacteria, causing pigs to become infected with bacteria and ultimately leading to swine fever and pig diseases. Second, many pig farms basically do not disinfect the pig farm, thinking that as long as it is cleaned up, or rinsed clean with water, it is fine.

5. Non-standard disease prevention and control

Improper disease prevention and control is a misconception that most people will make. Especially now, during a season when pig diseases occur frequently, many people worry that their own pigs will also be infected with diseases, so they add oxytetracycline and other antibiotics to the feed for a long time, thinking that this can enhance the pigs' immunity. But they all overlook the fact that every medicine has some toxicity. Excessively feeding these drugs will seriously affect the growth of pigs, and even lead to pig death and the development of other diseases. In addition, many people, when pigs have diarrhea, weak legs, go into a frenzy, refuse to eat, and so on, casually use medication without a confirmed diagnosis, causing irreparable losses.

The above are some commonly seen phenomena in rural pig farming at present. These are all misconceptions about pig farming, and I believe many farmers have made such mistakes. I hope the editor's article can help more people, so that they will not make the same mistakes again in the process of breeding.