How to Ensure Safety When Transporting Pigs Long Distance? Practical Measures to Share
Pigs are susceptible to stress factors such as heat and cold, hunger, lack of water, fatigue, crowding, and trauma during long-distance transport, which causes massive depletion of body nutrients and weakened immunity, leading to the occurrence of various diseases, so extra precautions should be taken.
Diseases that pigs are prone to during transport
1. Respiratory diseases such as severe colds, bronchitis, and bronchopneumonia.
2. Disruption of digestive function in pigs, with digestive system diseases such as gastric atony and food retention.
3. Causing nutritional and metabolic diseases such as dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, and metabolic acidosis.
4. A small number of pigs die from poisoning due to stress reactions.
Countermeasures
1. Before transport, the local veterinary department should be asked to carry out strict inspection and quarantine and issue a certificate, and under no circumstances should emaciated or sick pigs be mixed in.
2. Carry an appropriate amount of easily digestible feed, and it is best to ensure feeding twice a day. To reduce the harm of stress reactions to pigs during transport, an appropriate amount of electrolyte multivitamins, glucose, or rehydration salts can also be added to the drinking water.
3. Pigs should not be fed too full before loading. At the beginning of transport, the vehicle speed should be controlled and driven slowly, and after the pigs have adapted, drive at normal speed, while preventing sudden braking.
4. During transport, frequently check the condition of the pig herd, and observe especially carefully when feeding, so that problems can be dealt with promptly.
5. Before departure, check the vehicle condition and communication equipment, and all kinds of certificates must be carried complete.
6. During transport, carry relevant medicines and instruments. Antipyretic and analgesic drugs: metamizole sodium, aminopyrine, botongning, etc.; antibiotic drugs: penicillin, streptomycin, etc.; emergency medicines: caffeine sodium benzoate, epinephrine, atropine, styptic powder, etc.; stomachic drugs: artificial salt, areca four-dissipation powder, etc.; sedatives: miannaining, jingsongling. Instruments and external medicines: syringes, hemostatic forceps, alcohol, iodine tincture, anti-inflammatory powder, etc.