Pig Farming: Hot Useful Tips

[Kiwi]

1 tablet for each piglet. If you have 10 piglets, grind and mix 10 tablet flagyl + 10 tablet tetracycline with 10ml of clean  water. Mix very well and give 1ml per piglet using syringe.

By injecting?

[Kiwi]

1 tablet for each piglet. If you have 10 piglets, grind and mix 10 tablet flagyl + 10 tablet tetracycline with 10ml of clean  water. Mix very well and give 1ml per piglet using syringe.

By injecting?

[Henlus]

By injecting?

No oo!?. Give it orally oo. Shake the mixture very well each time before putting in the syringe.

[Kiwi]

No oo!?. Give it orally oo. Shake the mixture very well each time before putting in the syringe.

Ok thanks

[Henlus]

Yes. Diarrhea. Thanks. What quantities should I use?

250mg tetracycline and 200mg flagyl.

[Kiwi]

250mg tetracycline and 200mg flagyl.

Thanks.

[FarmKing]

Thanks.

Another tip that will help is to add some brewers dry grain or palm kernel cake to their feed. The high fiber content will help stop the diarrhea.

[Kiwi]

Another tip that will help is to add some brewers dry grain or palm kernel cake to their feed. The high fiber content will help stop the diarrhea.

Thanks a lot. Like how much should I add?

[FarmKing]

Thanks a lot. Like how much should I add?

1 or 2 handful.

[Kiwi]

1 or 2 handful.

Thanks again.

[FarmKing]

For piglet diarrhea, here are some info I got after some research:

weaning age also contribute. Experts recommend 26-28 days or more as oppose to 21 days so that the piglets will develop strong Immune system and gastro-intestinal tract.

Other contributing factors are housing, population density, parity segregated production and the feeding regimen after weaning.

Maintain 26–28 °C. Cold conditions will make post weaning diarrhoea more severe. Feeding weaners 2x per day with a restricted amount of feed is bad. Rather feed 3x or more per day with or without restricting feed. Pelleted feed and inadequate feeder space also contribute.

Reducing the level of soybean meal in the feed reduces the severity and frequency of PWD (post weaning diarrhea) and oedema disease. Adding organic acids, probiotics, prebiotics, or zinc oxide (2400–3000 ppm in feed or zinc methionine (ZnM) at 500 mg/kg feed) and reducing feed protein content also help. Note that giving higher level of zinc will increase the diarrhoea incidence.

Good organic acids include citric, acetic, fumaric, lactic, propionic, benzoic and formic acids 

https://actavetscand.biomedcentral.com/a...017-0299-7

[Kiwi]

For piglet diarrhea, here are some info I got after some research:

weaning age also contribute. Experts recommend 26-28 days or more as oppose to 21 days so that the piglets will develop strong Immune system and gastro-intestinal tract.

Other contributing factors are housing, population density, parity segregated production and the feeding regimen after weaning.

Maintain 26–28 °C. Cold conditions will make post weaning diarrhoea more severe. Feeding weaners 2x per day with a restricted amount of feed is bad. Rather feed 3x or more per day with or without restricting feed. Pelleted feed and inadequate feeder space also contribute.

Reducing the level of soybean meal in the feed reduces the severity and frequency of PWD (post weaning diarrhea) and oedema disease. Adding organic acids, probiotics, prebiotics, or  zinc oxide (2400–3000 ppm in feed or zinc methionine (ZnM) at 500 mg/kg feed) and reducing feed protein content also help. Note that giving higher level of zinc will increase the diarrhoea incidence.

Good organic acids include citric, acetic, fumaric, lactic, propionic, benzoic and formic acids 

https://actavetscand.biomedcentral.com/a...017-0299-7

Thanks for sharing.

[Henlus]

For piglet diarrhea, here are some info I got after some research:

weaning age also contribute. Experts recommend 26-28 days or more as oppose to 21 days so that the piglets will develop strong Immune system and gastro-intestinal tract.

Other contributing factors are housing, population density, parity segregated production and the feeding regimen after weaning.

Maintain 26–28 °C. Cold conditions will make post weaning diarrhoea more severe. Feeding weaners 2x per day with a restricted amount of feed is bad. Rather feed 3x or more per day with or without restricting feed. Pelleted feed and inadequate feeder space also contribute.

Reducing the level of soybean meal in the feed reduces the severity and frequency of PWD (post weaning diarrhea) and oedema disease. Adding organic acids, probiotics, prebiotics, or  zinc oxide (2400–3000 ppm in feed or zinc methionine (ZnM) at 500 mg/kg feed) and reducing feed protein content also help. Note that giving higher level of zinc will increase the diarrhoea incidence.

Good organic acids include citric, acetic, fumaric, lactic, propionic, benzoic and formic acids 

https://actavetscand.biomedcentral.com/a...017-0299-7

Thanks for sharing this.

[FarmKing]

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for sharing this.

Welcome.

[Quack]

For piglet diarrhea, here are some info I got after some research:

weaning age also contribute. Experts recommend 26-28 days or more as oppose to 21 days so that the piglets will develop strong Immune system and gastro-intestinal tract.

Other contributing factors are housing, population density, parity segregated production and the feeding regimen after weaning.

Maintain 26–28 °C. Cold conditions will make post weaning diarrhoea more severe. Feeding weaners 2x per day with a restricted amount of feed is bad. Rather feed 3x or more per day with or without restricting feed. Pelleted feed and inadequate feeder space also contribute.

Reducing the level of soybean meal in the feed reduces the severity and frequency of PWD (post weaning diarrhea) and oedema disease. Adding organic acids, probiotics, prebiotics, or  zinc oxide (2400–3000 ppm in feed or zinc methionine (ZnM) at 500 mg/kg feed) and reducing feed protein content also help. Note that giving higher level of zinc will increase the diarrhoea incidence.

Good organic acids include citric, acetic, fumaric, lactic, propionic, benzoic and formic acids 

https://actavetscand.biomedcentral.com/a...017-0299-7

Pls. Where can we get some of these organic acids?

[FarmKing]

Pls. Where can we get some of these organic acids?

Acetic acid is found in vinegar. We can easily produce it by fermenting sugary foodstuff to ethanol. Then exposing the ethanol to air for some days and it turns to vinegar. E.g. Get sugary foodstuff like fruit peels. Mix with enough water to cover it. Add some sugar and cover it tightly. But puncture a little hole on the lid for gases to escape. After one week or less you get ethanol. Then open the container and cover with handkerchief. This exposes it to oxygen and after one week or so, you get vinegar.

Other ones can be bought. They may not be easily found though.

[Quack]

Acetic acid is found in vinegar. We can easily produce it by fermenting sugary foodstuff to ethanol. Then exposing the ethanol to air for some days and it turns to vinegar. E.g. Get sugary foodstuff like fruit peels. Mix with enough water to cover it. Add some sugar and cover it tightly. But puncture a little hole on the lid for gases to escape. After one week or less you get ethanol. Then open the container and cover with handkerchief. This exposes it to oxygen and after one week or so, you get vinegar.

Other ones can be bought. They may not be easily found though.

Interesting. Thanks.

[Henlus]

ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH PIG FARMING IS NEGLECTING THE TIME FACTOR

I mean, Pigs aren’t your pets so why keep ‘em for over a year in your farm.. especially pigs meant for slaughter

You should Know this, any pig that stays over 6 months in your farm.. From the 7th you’re already losing money

That’s why it’s adviced to invest in good breeds, Invest more on their feeding and Management

The money spent you’d totally recover when you keep to time! Whatever you give that you shall get from these animals

Good breed + Balanced Diet = Profitability
There’s no other secret apart from this!

Let’s try to keep the following in mind this week✅✅

Don’t buy more than you can feed
Don’t buy pigs you have no idea of their genetic history
Always use Quality Bellfeeds for each stage of growth
Lactacter feeds for mothers
Gestator feeds for pregnant gilts or sows
Pig starter for weaned piglets
Pig growers for porkers
Sow for boars and dry mothers
Pig finisher for ready market baconers
Make Clean Water always available for them
Don’t play with their Routine Medication
And keep your pens clean
Most importantly remember they’re not pets So sell off as At when due!!

When all this Boxes are ticked You’ve done what 80% of farmers aren’t doing and that will make your journey in this business stand out from the rest!!