Reasons why pigs do not eat well in hot weather and solutions
What are the reasons why pigs do not eat well in hot weather? How to solve them?
What are the reasons why pigs do not eat in hot weather?
1. Because fattening pigs have particularly thick subcutaneous fat in the late fattening stage, their heat-dissipation function is weakened. When the weather is too hot in summer, it easily causes gastrointestinal discomfort in pigs, with excess stomach acid and no appetite.
2. The pig density is too high. Too high a density easily causes the pig house environment to become too poor, with increased ammonia, which causes heat stress in pigs and makes them stop eating.
3. Moldy feed, and long-term chronic feed poisoning. Although some feed has just been purchased and brought home, it is not uncommon for unscrupulous manufacturers to reprocess moldy feed and put it back through the mill, then sell the feed once again to farmers. There is also the case where self-mixed feed is not finished in one go, and the piled powder feed becomes moldy again on the ground. However, moldy feed cannot be detected by our eyes and noses.
How to solve pigs not eating in hot weather?
Many times it is not caused by one reason, but by multiple reasons combined together to form this symptom. Now that we know the reasons, how do we solve it?
First, purchase as little as possible. Add a mold remover to the feed to prevent moldy feed poisoning. If the feed has already become moldy, do not feed it to pigs again. A fermentation agent can be used for fermentation to remove the mold. Choose a legitimate manufacturer with quality assurance for purchasing feed.
Second, add probiotics to the feed, and use the protective function of probiotics to activate the intestinal villi. This allows pigs to produce digestive enzymes and promote digestion. Thus they feel hunger, and feed intake will increase.
Third, add vitamins to the feed. The use of vitamins can shorten the course of the disease. Vitamins can also supplement the vitamins lost due to adsorption by the mold remover. They can also protect the liver and kidneys and improve liver and kidney function. Thereby improving the gastrointestinal response, so that the pig's feed intake will rise.
Fourth, add baking soda to the feed. Baking soda can neutralize stomach acid and alkalize urine, thereby effectively controlling stomach acid. This makes feed intake rise.
Finally, if conditions permit, Chinese herbal medicine Huanglian Jiedu San can be added to the feed. Huanglian Jiedu San, its main components are the three yellow herbs. The three yellow herbs regulate the triple burner, clear heart fire, remove liver toxins, and promote spleen transportation and transformation, so that feed intake will rise.