How to Identify Stunted Pigs and Treat Them According to Their Symptoms

In @#@227@#@ practice, it is common to see some pigs that have been fed for a year or longer yet weigh only around ten kilograms; although they eat, they simply do not grow. Such pigs are called "stunted pigs."

1. Main causes of stunted pigs:

1. A plain and insufficient diet, along with a lack of green feed, trace elements, vitamins and minerals, etc.

2. Improper feeding and management.

3. A damp, unsanitary pigpen.

4. The influence of disease. Such as pig roundworm disease, pig lice, white scour, and chronic wasting diseases, chronic infectious diseases, etc.

5. Weak and sickly piglets, insufficient milk, weaning too early, etc.

6. Inbreeding and close-relative breeding.

2. Main symptoms:

The growth and development of stunted pigs are hindered; they are small and thin in build, with rough hair, a large head and a thick tail, an arched back and a sagging belly, a pointed head and tail with a large middle, a poor appetite, poor spirits, slow movement, and signs of anemia. Roundworms are often found in their feces. It occurs mostly in pigs aged 2 to 4 months.

Prescription 1: Shenqu 100 grams, malt 100 grams, hawthorn 100 grams. Betel nut 75 grams, junzi ren 150 grams, dong quai 100 grams, astragalus 100 grams, codonopsis 35 grams. Grind all together into a fine powder and mix into the feed to feed them (dosage for a body weight of 50 kilograms).

Prescription 2: Polygonum multiflorum 250 grams, Cyrtomium fortunei 250 grams, dried ginger 250 grams, Chinese yam 250 grams. Grind all together into a fine powder, mix into the feed and feed, 3 times a day, finishing the portion over 15 days.