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PRE-ENTRY OF SOWS |
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1 |
Ensure pressure washing
protocols are adhered to |
|
2 |
Ensure sow's water
supply is at 2 litres per minute and the piglet's water
supply is at 300 mls per minute. Ensure no water/feed
trough is leaking |
|
24
HOURS PRE-FARROWING |
|
1 |
Switch on light by creep
area |
|
2 |
Ensure any bedding
required is situated in the farrowing pen |
|
3 |
Place light (off) by
rear of sow |
|
4 |
Ensure that all feces
are removed from behind the sow. It will be necessary to
manually remove all of the sow?s feces for the next 3-4
days |
|
FARROWING |
|
1 |
Record the time of the
first observation of the morning |
|
2 |
Switch on light by rear
of sow. Spread bedding in creep area |
|
3 |
Observe the sows every
30 minutes for signs or progression of farrowing |
|
4 |
Following the birth of
the first piglet, record events which happen within each
30 minute interval |
|
5 |
If no piglet for 30
minutes inject sow with 5 IU oxytocin (0.5 ml 16g 11/2"
needle intramuscular in the neck). Record medicine use |
|
6 |
Recheck sow after 15
minutes |
|
7 |
If no piglet prepare for
an internal examination |
|
8 |
Wash hands |
|
9 |
Clean vulval lips of sow |
|
10 |
Put on arm length gloves
|
|
11 |
Place a large amount of
lubricant into palm of hand and over forearm |
|
12 |
Carefully introduce hand
into sow |
|
13 |
Remove all piglets which
can be easily reached |
|
14 |
Inject sow with 5 IU
oxytocin
|
|
15 |
Inject sow with a
suitable antimicrobial agent |
|
16 |
Record drug usage - note
withdrawal times |
|
17 |
Ensure all weak piglets
are dried as soon as possible and warmed |
|
18 |
Administer colostrum to
all weak piglets |
|
19 |
Delay piglet processing
(teeth clipping, castrating, tattooing and tail docking)
until all sows farrowing that day have finished |