Comprehensive Prevention and Treatment Methods and Technical Points for Iron Deficiency in Pigs

Preventive measures: Strengthen the feeding management of lactating sows and feed them complete formula feed; it is best to let the piglets accompany the sow outside the pen for activity. Red soil or deep dry soil can also be placed inside the pig pen and left for the pigs to eat freely; when necessary, supplement piglets with iron preparations.

Treatment measures: Western medicine treatment: 1. Take 100 grams of ferrous sulfate and 20 grams of copper sulfate, grind and mix them into 5 kilograms of fine sand, scatter it in the pig pen, and let the pigs lick it freely. 2. Take 21 grams of ferrous sulfate and 7 grams of copper sulfate, dissolve them in 1000 milliliters of water, filter and take the liquid, and administer 4 milliliters to each piglet by drenching, or mix it into feed or drinking water for feeding. 3. Take iron dextran and cobalt injection and give piglets deep intramuscular injection, 2 milliliters per piglet each time; for severe cases, repeat the injection once after an interval of 2 days. Chinese herbal medicine treatment: 1. Take 24 grams of Rehmannia root, 24 grams of prepared Rehmannia root, 30 grams of Chinese yam, 24 grams of fleeceflower root, 30 grams of Chinese angelica, 24 grams of goji berry, 24 grams of glossy privet fruit, 24 grams of yerbadetajo herb, 45 grams of tortoise plastron, and 30 grams of donkey-hide gelatin; decoct in water and take the liquid, then administer warm by drenching. 2. Take 45 grams each of fleeceflower root, psoralen fruit, dodder seed, codonopsis root, goji berry, and astragalus root, 30 grams each of prepared Rehmannia root, Rehmannia root, Chinese angelica, cistanche, and donkey-hide gelatin, 19 grams of cinnamon bark, and 9 grams of licorice root; decoct in water and take the liquid, add the donkey-hide gelatin to dissolve, then administer warm by drenching.