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Feeding and Management Techniques of Pigs at Various Stages

Release time:

Aug 15,2018


Feeding and management of 1. piglets during lactation:

(I) do a good job of piglet delivery:(1) Remove amniotic fluid (2) Cut the umbilical cord (3) Cut the canine teeth (4) Cut the ear number (5) Cut the tail

(II) timely supply of colostrum and fixed nipples.

(III) sources of supplemental iron. The most reliable method is to give newborn piglets intramuscular injection of iron preparations.

(IV) do a good job of insulation. Heat preservation measures should be taken during lactation. The first week is maintained at 35 degrees, the second week is 31 degrees, and the third week is 27 degrees. The heat preservation effect can be improved by using the heat preservation box.

(V) early feeding. Seven days to start training piglets to eat feed.

(VI) early weaning, do a good job before and after weaning. Four fixes are achieved within one week after weaning: pigs, pens, feeders and feed remain unchanged. Fixation of the original nest: do not merge nests immediately after weaning, which will cause piglets to fight and increase stress factors, so the pig herd should be kept unchanged. The enclosure is fixed to drive the sow away and the piglets should stay in the original enclosure so that they can live under familiar conditions. Personnel fixation: the personnel feeding sows continue to feed weaned piglets; Feed fixation: the original suckling pig feed is still fed within two weeks after weaning.

Feeding management of 2. piglets during the nursery period (weaning to 30kg body weight):

(I) reasonable groups and strengthen the feeding and management of piglets. After weaning for one week, the groups shall be divided according to the principles of more dismantling, not less dismantling, and stronger dismantling, not weaker dismantling. Gradually mixed with piglet full-price feed, let piglet feed slowly increase.

(II) control the ambient temperature to wean to weight 13kg, 27 degrees is the most appropriate, 13kg to 23kg, 24 degrees is appropriate, 23kg to 30kg, 21 degrees is appropriate.

(III) grasp the feeding density, to help piglets through the dangerous period of growth. The feeding density should not be too high, and the number of heads per column should not exceed 20 heads, which can improve the neatness of piglets.

Feeding management of the pig stage (30-60kg body weight) in the 3.

(I) control ambient temperature: 30-45kg, 21 degrees is the most suitable; 45-60kg, 18 degrees is appropriate.

(II) grasp the feeding density: each pig at least 0.9 square meters area.

Air convection in (III) piggery must be kept unblocked. If ventilation is poor and humidity is added, it is very likely to cause respiratory diseases such as serosal pneumonia, which will affect the growth of pigs and feed conversion efficiency. In particular, the concentration of ammonia and hydrogen sulfide in piggery should always be noticed and controlled.

Feeding management of 4. large pig stage (60kg body weight to slaughter)

(I) control ambient temperature: when the weight of the pig reaches more than 60kg, the most suitable ambient temperature is 18 degrees.

(II) grasp the feeding density: each pig at least 1 square meters of area.

(III) grasp the time of timely out of the column.


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