II: FARROWING & LACTATION Flashcards
Suckling period could be from
28-42 DAYS
is very critical & demanding at farrowing time.
The caretaker should be on standby
management
Farrowing may take as?
1 hour or 30 min to 6 hours, with an average of 2.5 hours
Interval between piglets not be longer than
15 min
Assistance to sows should be given if the following is observed:
a. Restlessness
b. Excessive straining
c. Piglet interval is 45 minutes
Farrowing problems are usually observed in:
- older
- overweight
- nervous sows
Reasons why piglets are slow to be born:
- Large piglet is struck in the birth canal
- Piglets coming out at the same time
- Exhausted sow for farrowing quite sometimes
- Farrowing house is too warm
all this reason should be consider before administering oxytocin
In case you cannot palpate a piglet, that’s the only time to use.
Oxytocin
account for 5 to 7 % of all piglets born or 1 piglet for every 2
litters
stillbirth
is used to detect piglets that died from
stillbirth as compared to suffocation or any other cause of death.
lung floatation method
causes of stillbirth:
a. Increased farrowing time
b. Warm farrowing room
c. Piglets born towards the end of farrowing
materials that can stop the bleeding
anti-hemmorrhagic drugs (vit. k)
suturing materials
ice pack
Practiced in commercial farms using
PROSTAGLANDIN as drug to induce farrowing. It’s to ensure that the sow farrows at day time
Farrowing induction
feeds are not recommended for lactating sows
Roughage & voluminous
Points of interest if the sow cannot consume the ration given:
a. Wet feeding result to higher consumption than dry feeding
b. Pellets are better than mash or meal
c. Feed the sow many times a day in divided ration or adlib
d. High temperature in the pen results to less feed intake
