Title: How To Process Piglets - Pork Information Gateway
Headings: How To Process Piglets
How To Process Piglets
Clipping Needle Teeth
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Docking Tails
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Administering Supplemental Iron and Other Medication
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Identification of Piglets
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Castration
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Content: Caution: Be sure to hold pig correctly and change needles at least every 3 litters or if needle gets damaged. Materials required: Iron dextran, syringes, needles 5/8 21-gauge or automatic syringe administering 1 or 2 ml. Procedure: Fill the syringe with iron solution. Lift the piglet by the hind leg but keep the leg in line with the body as much as possible. Muscle and tendon damage may occur if the pig is held with the leg at a right angle to the body. Administer the injection slightly behind the ear in the muscle on one side of the neck at a 45° angle. Inject either 1 or 2 ml (200 mg).