Title: Keeping Show Pigs Healthy - What are some good practices?
Headings: Keeping Show Pigs Healthy
Keeping Show Pigs Healthy
Starting with Healthy Pigs
Isolating Pigs from the Farm
Following good health management Practices
Using Good Watering and Feeding Practices
Taking Care During and After Surgery
Recognizing Risks on the Farm
Vaccinating to Prevent Serious Diseases
Deworming Healthy Pigs
Diagnosing and Treating Sick Pigs Promptly
Using prescribed Drugs properly
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Content: Also, it’s critical to make sure that the pigs find the water and are drinking. Some pigs are accustomed to trough or bowl-type waterers and may not drink from nipple waterers. You can fix that by temporarily wedging a kernel of corn or pebble beside the nipple of a nipple waterer to allow it to drip into a pan. This helps the pigs quickly find the water source. If you use a trough-type waterer, make sure that you secure it to a solid object or see that the trough is heavy enough to keep the pigs from overturning it when rooting. Proper feed management is also important. Do not change rations quickly because this can cause edema disease, which can kill pigs. Change the rations over several days to a week by mixing in the new feed and gradually increasing the amount of new feed. Do this until all that you are feeding is the new ration. You can also buy rations containing medication that help prevent serious show pig diseases.