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Discuss farrowing house management in pig production.

Discuss farrowing house management in pig production.

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Jim
-To have success in farrowing-in house you need to take stock in dry – sow houses before
arrival of the pregnant sows in farrowing pens.
-Look for body performance and if in a group of sows there are some with poor and down
trodden condition, they should be removed and properly fed to do the best preparation for
farrowing.
-Arriving to farrowing pens should take place 5-6 days before delivery to help them
acclimatize and get used to lactating feeding.
-Also to reduce stress, normally high pregnant sows look for isolation. The pen should
be well prepared, white washed and disinfected. Ensure the white wash is totally drybecause
the sows can be skin – burned.
-The movement of the high pregnant sows from dry sow houses should be done carefully.
Most appropriate use guiding- boards and preferably done by staff from farrowing
houses.
-Vaccination Scheme: About 3 weeks before delivery for sows and 3 to 6 weeks before
delivery for gilts (parity 1). E- Coli and Clostridium,incase of threatening Atr. Rhinitis
use BPE.
-Deworm because of endemic Ascaris infestation. It is advisable to deworm 1-
2 weeks before delivery. Before arriving to the cleaned pen, sows can get appropriately
washed in temperature water to clean the body for worm eggs.
-Usually the appetite is reduced before delivery. Don’t overfeed, but be aware the sows
need power to give birth and the piglets need some power to struggle for life. It may be
advisable for some poor performance sows, to add a little creepers feed.
-The delivery should be observed but not disturbed. When the last born piglet is getting
dry or the interval is about an hour, then it is time for taking action.
-All approaches to a delivering sow should be done very carefully and only by well
trained staff. Take time to approach the sow, give some very soft massage on the udder, it
stimulates contractions in the uterus and works better than Oxytocin. After
communicating with the sow, clean your hands and the external birth canal.
-Use a lot of lubrication and insert your arm in the birth- canal.Extract as many piglets as
possible and leave some lubrication inside the uterus (womb).
-After birth assistance, direct the piglets to the udder and stimulate by massage to lay -
down milk and further uterus contractions.
-When birth assistance fails because no piglets can be reached, then let the sow move
slowly down the corridor and back again.
jim items answered the question on October 19, 2018 at 18:45

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