What are the prevention and treatment methods for sow endometritis?
How should sow endometritis be prevented and treated?
Causes of sow endometritis
1. Human-induced infection during farrowing
If a sow has a narrow birth canal, weak labor, an excessively long farrowing process, or when it is necessary to confirm whether the sow has finished farrowing,pig farmerswill perform manual assistance during farrowing. Because the person assisting does not disinfect their arms or does not disinfect them thoroughly, foreign matter or microorganisms can enter the uterus and cause infection, leading to sow endometritis.
2. Postpartum infection
After farrowing, the sow is physically weak, and the cervix will not close for several days after farrowing, so bacteria and viruses can enter and cause infection. If the sow cannot completely expel the lochia from the uterus within three days after farrowing. The sow's cervix will close 3-4 days after farrowing. If the sow cannot completely expel the lochia within three days after farrowing, and the temperature inside the sow's uterus is around 39 degrees, the lochia that is not expelled will ferment and putrefy in the uterus, producing toxins and heat that stimulate the endometrium, causing endometritis.
3. Infection during artificial insemination
Artificial insemination is now widely used on pig farms, but excessive human intervention also increases the probability of sows becoming infected with endometritis. The skill level of the insemination personnel and mechanical damage to the vagina are both triggers of endometritis infection.
Sow endometritisprevention and treatmentplan
1. Rapidly restore the sow's physical strength and prevent postpartum anorexia and agalactia syndrome in sows;
2. Postpartum infection, mastitis, vaginitis, endometritis and various other inflammations causing elevated body temperature, repeated breeding failure, incomplete lochia expulsion, breast inflammation, swelling and pain;
3. Ensure normal estrus in sows, more piglets born, fewer weak piglets, and improved piglet uniformity;
4. Rapidly clear the uterus, warm the uterus, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, regulate the sow's postpartum appetite, and prevent endocrine disorders in sows;
5. Prevent diarrhea, enteritis, and scours in livestock caused by various bacterial infections, as well as stubborn scours in young animals of maternal origin, etc.;
6. Healthcare for female livestock before and after breeding, which can effectively remove various pathogenic microorganisms, improve breeding success rate and litter size, and reduce breeding infections.
How should sow endometritis beprevented and treated. The above are the causes of sow endometritis and thetreatmentplan. Sow endometritis is very harmful to both sows and piglets, soprevention and treatmentmeasures should be well implemented.