Three aspects that need to be well managed after piglets are born:
First, broken teeth
Piglets are born with eight sharp deciduous teeth, which need to be cut off.
These young teeth are very sharp, and when they bite, they can cut the sow's breasts and each other's skin, causing secondary infection.
The problem of sows eating piglets may be related to the deciduous teeth of piglets.
Generally, some teeth are cut off within 1 day after piglets are born.
When cutting teeth, different methods should be adopted according to different parts of teeth and tools used.
In order to prevent the exposure and infection of blood vessels and nerves in the pulp cavity, the best method is to remove only the sharp part of the tooth instead of pulling out the whole tooth.
Because piglets will find suitable nipples within 72 hours after birth and establish a breastfeeding order, cutting teeth after this time may increase the chance of infection.
The broken teeth of piglets will not affect the levels of ACTH, cortisol or lactic acid in the body.
Second, the tail is broken.
In order to prevent piglets from biting each other's tails, large pig farms usually carry out tail cutting, which should be carried out before 7 days old, and the best time is 12 days old.
The length of the tail pile depends on the standard operating procedures of the pig farm. Usually, the length of the tail stump is at least 2cm, so that the tail stump can cover the sow's vulva.
Tail cutting should be carried out in a clean environment, using dental scissors, pliers, scissors, scalpel blades, electrocautery, etc.
It is best not to use fungicides or other ointments before cutting the tail. In order to prevent bacterial infection, you can dip a little disinfectant in the wound of the tail root after cutting off the tail.
Third, castration.
Castration is an important link in the process of raising pigs.
Castration not only makes pigs docile, reduces fighting, thus improving the growth rate of pigs, but also improves the quality of meat and further increases economic benefits.
Castration puts a lot of pressure on piglets.
Therefore, castration must adopt a reasonable operation mode.
1, castration time: 7 years old-10 day.
After castration of 10 day old, piglets are still within the scope of maternal antibody protection. The castration operation is simple, with less stress reaction, less bleeding and faster wound recovery.
2. The castrated piglets must be healthy and in good physical condition.
Thin and sick, including cough, asthma, diarrhea, etc. , must be restored for a period of time to castrate.
3. Castration should be performed in sunny and warm weather.
Avoid windy, cloudy, rainy and humid weather.
4. When castrating, it is not advisable to wean and immunize at the same time.
After castration, it is easy to produce strong pressure, which is the fuse of disease. If we get another vaccine, the situation will be even worse.
It should be staggered for a while.
5, it is not suitable for castration during the epidemic period.
Avoid the invasion of surrounding pathogens into pigs through wounds.
6. The surgical incision of male piglets should be in the lower part of scrotum as far as possible, so that blood and ascites will not stay, infection and inflammation will not be easy, and the incision will heal easily.
7, anti-infection strict disinfection and follow-up observation.
Disinfecting the pigsty with gold 1 and other deodorizing disinfectants 0 days before castration can inhibit the growth and reproduction of harmful flora in the pigsty and reduce the chance of pathogenic microorganisms contacting the knife edge.
It can be seen from the above that piglets generally need to manage the above three aspects after birth, especially the broken teeth and tail, otherwise their growth will be greatly affected. Pig farmers remember?