In general, the appetite of sows after giving birth is not good, and sows do not like to eat or do not eat after giving birth, which is a problem often encountered in production, especially for first-born sows. Most sows suffer from anorexia due to improper postpartum care, mainly due to postpartum feeding too early, too much feeding, and too dry quantity, resulting in indigestion of sows. There is also over-refined feed, insufficient green feed, causing constipation and loss of appetite in sows. Therefore, we should pay attention to nutritional regulation, properly control the amount of concentrate feed for a week after giving birth, and the feed should be prepared thinner, and a certain amount of roughage and more green feed must be maintained in the feed to prevent postpartum constipation. In addition to improving the conditions for feeding management, symptomatic treatment with drugs is also necessary. How do you get your sow back to eating as soon as possible after giving birth?
1. Causes of the decline in appetite after farrowing: There are many reasons for the decline in appetite after farrowing, and most sows are anorexic because of improper postpartum care, mainly due to too early postpartum feeding, too much feeding, and too dry quantity, resulting in indigestion of sows. There are also over-refined feed, insufficient feed amount of green roughage, causing constipation in sows and loss of appetite in sows. In addition, the sow has an infection in the birth canal, causing the sow to have an elevated body temperature and not eat food. In some sows, due to the sudden decrease in abdominal pressure after farrowing, which affects the normal digestion of food, the nutrient supply of the usual sows is insufficient, and the excessive fatigue during farrowing causes confusion of appetite.
Second, do a good job in the postpartum care of sows, the postpartum care of sows is generally done roughly, the main care, care and management of sows after farrowing is piglets, and the old sows are put aside and rarely cared for. In the process of farrowing, it is forbidden to feed the sow, do not feed within 24 hours after giving birth, only feed some warm salt water to quench thirst, feed some brown sugar water within 12 hours after farrowing, and then feed some gruel appropriately after 24 hours after farrowing. Within 2-3 days, the feed intake should be controlled, not too full, and the normal feeding amount should be restored to 5-7 days after giving birth. Feed more dilute feed and raw dry feed, but pay attention to feeding water.
3. Pay attention to more exercise and more sun, which is an important condition to ensure the health of the mother and child. Therefore, the sow should be active in the nearest place for a week after giving birth, and the mother can be driven out together for half a month after giving birth, and exercise twice a day.
Fourth, feed less, add diligently, add a night meal, can ensure the health of sows, lactating sows should be fed 4-5 times a day, each meal is fed eight points full, which can not only meet the nutritional needs of lactation, but also easy to digest.
5. Medication
1. Sows who are very good at fat, and their feces are normal or slightly soft. How to use 20 grams of chicken gold, 40 grams of malt, 40 grams of hawthorn, 40 grams of malt, 20 grams of Divine Comedy, and 30 grams of sulforaphane seeds to boil and irrigate, 1 dose a day, for 3 days.
2. Sows with bad fat can use 30 grams of Codonopsis, 20 grams of Atractylodes, 20 grams of Poria cocos, 20 grams of Rehmannia, 20 grams of White Peony, 20 grams of Astragalus, 20 grams of tangerine peel, and 15 grams of chicken inner gold, boiled water, 1 dose per day, for 3 days.
3. For the test prescription, you can use a pig bitter gall bladder and 100-200 ml of vinegar to boil and then take it. Or take a raw egg with 100-150 ml of vinegar. Or use 20 grams of salvia, 15 grams of angelica, 5 grams of codonopsis, 5 grams of citrus aurantium, 10 grams of rehmannia root, 10 grams of wheat root, and 10 grams of grass root, and fry them in water once.
The loss of appetite after farrowing is a complex problem that requires a combination of measures by farmers to address. Through traditional Chinese medicine treatment, control of concentrate feed feeding, feed preparation thinning, feeding more green feed and strengthening exercise, etc., the appetite of sows can be effectively improved and their production performance can be improved. In practice, however, farmers also need to be flexible in applying these measures according to the specific situation of the sow in order to achieve the best results.