How can foot-and-mouth disease be significantly reduced? Pig farmers, master these 6 points
Pig farmers, master these 6 points and foot-and-mouth disease can be significantly reduced
1. Not vaccinating, or vaccinating arbitrarily.
Analysis: Everyone knows that foot-and-mouth disease still occurs even after vaccination. In fact, after vaccination the disease is noticeably milder, and this year's deaths from myocarditispig diseaseare not few;
Solution: Use a trivalent vaccine, or a stable vaccine, to ensure the vaccine's effectiveness.
2. The vaccine dose is insufficient.
Common: 10 doses are used for 12 pigs or for one litter; piglets generally require 1.5 milliliters, and 0.5 milliliters is set aside as loss;
3. The number of immunizations is insufficient.
With our current vaccines, fattening pigs need at least two doses, and sows preferably 3-4 doses.
4. The amount of antibodies, which play the key role, is too low.
A trivalent vaccine can be used; monovalent vaccines often have unsatisfactory effects; the vaccines given out occasionally also have transport problems, so the pigs still get sick even after vaccination.
5. The pigs' immunity is too poor.
A. After pigs suffer a major illness, they need booster vaccination; after the pig body develops the disease, resistance drops sharply;
B. The environmental quality is too poor; temperature, humidity and ventilation are not managed well;
C. The pigs themselves carry diseases, such as mycotoxin poisoning, parasites, mycoplasma and other diseases;
D. But with experience one can find that after other viral diseases occur, the incidence of foot-and-mouth disease is much lower;
6. Disinfection is not thorough.
Because foot-and-mouth disease is highly contagious, disinfection around the pig pens must be done well;
Most pig farms have had foot-and-mouth disease. Following the principles of keeping warm, reducing humidity, keeping quiet, providing drinking water to reduce fever, and reducing stress to minimize losses,pig farmersby mastering these 6 points, foot-and-mouth disease can be significantly reduced. (Source: Pig Farming Forum)