The sign to know the pregnant sows and how to care
During raising the pigs, the knowlegement of pregnant sow is very important. Because when the sows have pregnant, we need to have fit caring, the food enough nutritions for pregnant period for sows and then development of piglets.
The sign to know the sow pregnant
- The sows don’t estrus again after 3 weeks from mating.
- The nipples are enlarged because the milk gland begin to active and develop.
- The sow usually prone, more quiet.
- Eat more much and sleeping better than normal days.
- The legs are swollen.
- After some time, sow’s belly is bigger and easy to see.
Caring the sows during pregnant periods.
* The food for sows pregnant:
When the sows have pregnant, you should need to have fit food supply enough nutritions for strong sows, the fetal is develop well, have enough milk for piglets after farrow. You should be following the below diet:
The period from mating to 90 days: Feed 1.8-2.0 kg of food/day
Period from 90-110 days: feed about 2.2-2.4 kg of food/day
Before farrow from 3-5 days: reduce the foods to around 1-1.5 kg/day.
Supply vitamin and acid amin for sows: mixing into the food to feed the nutrition products PRENATAL to limited the porcine parvoviru, help fetal well develop, improving the resistance for sows.
You’d better feed sows pregnant eat on time.
Don’t feed them the spoil,stale food
Avoid suddenly change the diet.
* Exercise mode for sows pregnant
The first period preg
nant, you should let them go a walk in the early morning and cooling afternoon, each day 2 times, each time 1-2 hours.
The period later: you should limit the time for a walk for sows, each day 1 time in the morning or cooling afternoon.
Before farrow 2-3 days: Stop them for a walk, moving much.
* Inject vaccine for sows pregnant
Injections vaccines for sows are always prevent disease, this is necessary to guarantee healthy for sows and piglets too. You need to inject for sow all the style of vaccine prevent disease like: foot and mouth disease, cholera, pasteurellosis…
All information above help you have all necessary signal to know the sow pregnant, caring them better. Wish you raising successful.
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