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Be Alert to Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea: Pig Farmers Should Take Precautions Early Around Spring Festival

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Epidemic diarrhea occurs mainly around the Spring Festival (from December to March of the following year), and mostly breaks out after cold, damp weather or a sudden cold wave, showing endemic prevalence. Clinical symptoms: piglets first vomit and then develop diarrhea, with thin feces that are yellow or green and mixed with milk curds, arched backs, tucked tails, sensitivity to cold and shivering, and in the later stage sunken eyeballs and severe dehydration, with body temperature normal or slightly elevated; the course of disease is 5-7 days, and the younger the age, the higher the mortality rate, with a mortality rate of 30%-40% in piglets within 7 days of age; adult pigs refuse feed, show projectile diarrhea and pass watery thin feces,

Epidemic diarrhea occurs mainly around the Spring Festival (from December to March of the following year), and mostly breaks out after cold, damp weather or a sudden cold wave, showing endemic prevalence. Clinical symptoms: piglets first vomit and then develop diarrhea, with thin feces that are yellow or green and mixed with milk curds, arched backs, tucked tails, sensitivity to cold and shivering, and in the later stage sunken eyeballs and severe dehydration, with body temperature normal or slightly elevated; the course of disease is 5-7 days, and the younger the age, the higher the mortality rate, with a mortality rate of 30%-40% in piglets within 7 days of age; adult pigs refuse feed, show projectile diarrhea and pass watery thin feces; the feces color is initially grayish white, then gradually becomes yellow or green, and the course of disease is generally 7-10 days.

For this disease, there is currently no specific treatment drug, and prevention mainly relies on comprehensive measures:

(1) Promote plastic greenhouse @#@227@#@, and change from feeding pigs cold-water thin feed to feeding compound feed raw;

(2) Remove feces promptly, frequently change bedding in the pens, and disinfect with quicklime to keep them clean and dry;

(3) Once sick pigs are found, they should be isolated immediately, and the pens should be treated with a 0.3% potassium permanganate solution

for disinfection; at the same time, give piglets 50-100 milliliters of 0.1% potassium permanganate solution by drenching; inject sick pigs or have them orally take antibiotics and sulfonamides; alternatively, mix 20-30 grams of chloramphenicol per kilogram of body weight with oral rehydration salts and water, and give it to sick pigs by drenching.

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