Protecting your Pigs from Disease by Jack Thompson
Pigs are great animals to raise are very profitable for farmers. They are cheap to raise provide a lot of food when they are fully grown. However pigs are very prone to getting sick. They wallow around in their own filth being social creatures are often near other pigs so disease can spread very quickly. Therefore it very important to take proper care of your pigs to protect them from illness.
Proper pig care starts with their diet. Giving pigs the right food will make sure that their immune systems are strong can fight off disease. In order to make pigs healthy you need to have a balanced diet. Make sure you feed them a good corn grain diet. Add lots of protein to the mix so that it rounds out their nutrients. Moreover you need to add nuts to their diet. Doing all of this will keep them healthy.
Keeping your pigs healthy means fighting off disease quickly. If you found a sick pig take them to the veterinarian really quickly. Pigs spread disease to other pigs very quickly if you don't get them to the vet while they are sick all your pigs will be sick. Make sure you regularly give your pigs antibiotics other disease killing medicine so that the remain healthy.
Another way to protect against disease is that you keep the area you slaughter them clean. Moreover if you don't keep the area clean new pigs you bring into the area will catch disease. This is how e. coli is passed how people get sick. Protecting pigs from disease is as much about protecting people from disease. A clean slaughter area your pigs you will stay healthy.
Preventative measures undertaken to control such pests is cleaning up of any food spills getting rid of ay debris disposing off any dead pigs as well. Vehicles too bear the potential of carrying infection onto your farm. Areas that have access to your pig herd must be controlled by designating a specific area to an off farm traffic which is not closely associated with your pigs.
Pigs that need to be exhibited on shows need to be infection free must be isolated after returning as they too could be carriers of diseases. A pigs health security are of equal importance ample preventative measures must be taken to protect them from unwanted infections that can lead to death.
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