The subtle relationship between oxytocin and sows, pig farmers need to understand
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The subtle relationship between oxytocin and sows
Friends who raise sows, I believe you all have a special fondness for oxytocin. Actually, I am the same.
1. The cause of endometritis in sows is generally incomplete expulsion of lochia, which leads to bacterial reproduction.
After farrowing, the sow is already exhausted, so it is very likely that she cannot completely expel the lochia within the limited time. At this point, inject oxytocin once each on the second and third days after farrowing, mechanically strengthening the uterine contraction ability to completely expel the lochia.
2. The sow has dystocia, use oxytocin, wrong......
Oxytocin is explicitly stipulated to be used only for single-fetus animals, because oxytocin strengthens uterine contraction force, forcibly causes each fetal sac to rupture, causing suffocation of the piglets at the back, and may therefore lead to dystocia in the sow. When dystocia occurs, the dosage is increased again, resulting in endocrine disorders in the sow. Estrus after weaning, yet repeated breeding without conception, but the cause just cannot be found, so people suspect viral diseases. Would you say such situations exist?
3. Summary.
Oxytocin is not unusable, but it must be used correctly. The most common use by everyone is to solve dystocia in sows, but the consequences are not something we can see with the naked eye. A small dose can shorten the farrowing process, while a large dose causes dystocia, weak piglets, stillborn piglets, and abnormal estrus after weaning and repeated breeding without conception.
