CATDOLL : CATDOLL: Causes and treatment of pre-partum fever in sows

Pre-partum fever in sows refers to the abnormal increase in body temperature of sows before farrowing. This situation is one of the problems often faced by farmers, and it will also have a negative impact on the health and reproductive effect of sows. The following will introduce the causes and treatment methods of pre-partum fever in sows.

reason

The causes of sow pre-partum fever can be attributed to the following aspects:

• 1. Environmental factors: Adverse environmental conditions such as high temperature, high humidity, and poor ventilation can cause the sow's body temperature to rise.
• 2. Improper feeding and management: unreasonable feed formula, overfeeding or underfeeding, insufficient drinking water, etc. may all lead to prepartum fever in sows.
• 3. Impact of diseases: Certain diseases such as epidemic diarrhea and swine fever can cause abnormally high body temperature in sows.
• 4. Psychological factors: Overcrowding in the pig house and stress during transportation may cause pre-partum fever in sows.

Treatment

For the treatment of sow pre-partum fever, the following measures can be taken:

• 1. Optimize the breeding environment: maintain a suitable temperature in the pig house, ensure good ventilation, and clean up feces in a timely manner.
• 2. Reasonable feeding and management: scientifically formulate feed to ensure the balance of feed types and proportions; reasonably control feeding amount and feeding frequency; keep drinking water unobstructed for sows.
• 3. Disease prevention and control: Regularly vaccinate and strengthen feeding management to ensure the health of sows.
• 4. Reduce psychological stress: Avoid overcrowding in pig houses and pay attention to reducing stress during transportation.

Through the above measures, the incidence of prepartum fever in sows can be effectively reduced, and the health status and reproductive effect of sows can be improved.

Thank you for reading this article. I hope it helps you understand the causes and treatments of sow pre-partum fever.