How to restore production after a disease outbreak at a pig farm

There are many pig farming diseases, and it can be said that they are impossible to guard against completely. Outbreaks happen in the market, and epidemics are generally seasonal. After a seasonal epidemic occurs, what must be done is to control the condition, prevent transmission, and eliminate pathogens. These are all things that should be done. So after it has passed, what else should we do? Please continue reading the introduction below.

1. Thorough disinfection

After a seasonal epidemic, it is unknown where the pathogens come from, and the farm environment is not clean either. Pig excrement may carry bacteria. Therefore, the environment must be thoroughly cleaned, swept, sprinkled with lime, and disinfected with bleaching powder. Not a single corner can be missed. Spray chemicals everywhere. Wash the pigs' bodies clean, treat wounds, and disinfect them with medicated baths and the like. The tools used must also be disinfected.

2. Enhance nutrition

Adjust the pigs' diet, add some feed that can boost immunity, and supplement vitamins and so on. This way, nutrition can be properly supplemented, resistance can be enhanced, and recovery after illness can be helped. For example, in cases of vesicular disease, the pig hooves are injured, so in order to make those wounds heal quickly, some biotin or zinc preparations should be added to the feed. For those weakened after illness, diets can be prepared separately.

3. Safe isolation

Disease is prone to occur in winter, so it is best to do safety work well. Outsiders must not be allowed to enter, no new pigs should be introduced, and pork products must not be brought into the farm, so as to avoid carrying pathogens. Workers at the farm should wear work clothes, disinfect before entering the pig pens, step through a lime pit, and then put on shoe covers before entering. Avoid bringing in bacteria from outside.

4. Adjust immunity

After an outbreak in the pig herd, in most cases the pigs' immune systems are disrupted. Be sure not to just rush to restore health; adjust the immune system, administer all vaccines that should be given, and do not miss or omit any vaccine. If it is a new epidemic threat, all pigs must receive the new vaccine. Epidemic prevention substances should also be added to the food. Then carry out normal farming, and also administer vaccines for possible diseases.

After a seasonal epidemic occurs at a pig farm, the work we should do is to thoroughly eliminate potential pathogens, enhance the pigs' resistance, and isolate the source of the outbreak. Receive vaccines. This way, a second outbreak can be avoided, as well as secondary diseases.