What are the top ten harms of mycotoxins to pig herds?
The top ten harms of mycotoxins to pig herds
Harm one
Long-term toxin accumulation can cause sows to carry porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus in their bodies, which poses many potential threats to piglets; the most direct is that it increases the probability of diarrhoea occurring in pigs aged 3 to 19 days.
Harm two
Long-term toxin accumulation is also very serious for boars; it can lead to reduced libido in boars, poorer semen quality and poor sperm activity, causing fertilisation failure in sows and affecting the breeding work of the pig farm.
Harm three
If a sow during pregnancy suffers mycotoxin poisoning, no matter which bacterium causes it, it can lead to stillbirth, mummified foetuses or even miscarriage in the sow, and may also cause oestrus disorders in the sow afterwards.
Harm four
Long-term toxin accumulation also leads to reduced feed utilisation in sows and poorer nutrient absorption capacity. This in turn causes consequences such as low birth weight, weak constitution and increased mortality among piglets after birth.
Harm five
Long-term toxin accumulation also leads to poorer constitution in sows, accelerated ageing, a reduced number of teats, or phenomena such as agalactia. This may affect the health of newborn piglets.
Harm six
Long-term toxin accumulation also leads to reduced litter size in sows, an increased stillbirth rate, and phenomena such as piglets being less healthy after birth and declining immunity.
⟧ Harm seven
Because of toxin accumulation, sows carry multiple pathogens in their bodies, such as the pathogens of piglet yellow and white scour, porcine epidemic diarrhoea, porcine circovirus and other diseases. This increases the risk of piglets becoming ill after birth.
Harm eight
If too many toxins accumulate in a sow's body, then even after the piglets are weaned, her oestrus will be abnormally affected. This reduces the sow's production performance and leads to a decline in her reproductive capacity.
Harm nine
Sows with excessive toxins in their bodies are also far more likely than sows in a normal state to suffer reproductive disorder diseases such as atypical swine fever, chronic swine erysipelas, latent parvovirus and variant pseudorabies.
Harm ten
All kinds of toxins are also very serious in their harm to the sow's reproductive system; they may cause diseases such as latent endometritis and ovarian cysts in sows. In this way, they may cause sows to fail to conceive repeatedly after mating, or even to be culled!