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22 Cards in this Set
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What do you do with the navel? |
Dip it in iodine to prevent infection If you cut it make sure you don't cut it too short otherwise it will shrivel up inside the pig |
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What is joint ill? |
Bacteria causing swollen joints in baby pigs from unsterilised navel Infection around the umbilicus weakens the abdominal wall and hernias can cause Can get it from dirty equipment while teeth clipping |
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Why cut baby pig teeth? |
Born with 8 sharp baby teeth They will fight - staph can get into cuts and cause greasy pig disease Damage mum's teats |
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How to cut teeth |
Just want to take the tip of the tooth Don't go to close to the gums - it can shatter the teeth and baby won't suckle Don't do it within 6 hours of birth because you don't want to get in the way between the piglet and colostrum Just grind them - the best way! |
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How to advantage a little pig |
They are a dead pig waiting to happen Leave their sharp teeth! Then they can fight the bigger ones |
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Body condition scoring |
Easy to identify an emaciated pig and a fat pig, the ones in between are hard - can do it with an ultra sound scanner Measuring the fat over the back of the pig |
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What would be the target of back fat for a sow at farrowing? |
18-20mm |
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Castration |
Rarely done in Australia |
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Boar taint |
Steroids produced by non-castrated pigs Sit in the fat - so when cooking its smells |
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Immunocastration |
To reduce boar taint Vaccine against GnRH - stops boar taint |
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Epididymectomy |
Removal of the epididymus - epididymus is caudal on the pig so you can just cut the scrotum and pull it out - same as a vasectomy but way easier |
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NPD |
Non productive days |
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Pregnancy detection |
Return to oestrus 18-24 - clearly not pregnant Rectal palpation - feel for vibrating in the uterine artery Ultra sound Amplitude depth Real-time - good from about 16 days but ea |
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How long is the pig oestrus cycle? |
21 days but really 18-24 |
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Restraint |
Wear ear protection!! Snare - get behind canine teeth Crowding - sometimes all you need - reach across and inject them |
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What is blotchiness a sign of? |
Stress - it will die if you don't let it go |
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Appropriate injection sites |
Neck - fold the ear back and where half way down the ear presses against the neck is the spot - go in perpendicular On the back Vulva - inducing parturition - smallest needle. |
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How many samples do you want to take when blood sampling a population of pigs? |
60 Submit 30, comes back positive then good if not do it again to be safe |
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Where do you take blood |
Vena cava, just in front of thoracic inlet, target opposite shoulder Cephalic - small needle - baby pig Milk vein - sows Jugular - adults Ear veins - hard to see in some animals Tail vein - not as easy as a cow - small area in the pig |
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Where is the vena cava |
On the right - right is right! |
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Getting fluids into a pig |
Stomach tube - coughing is bad, wrong hole Use a syringe - be patient! Do the first 10mL or so really slowly |
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Getting saliva |
Non-bleached cotton rope - the pigs just chew on it then you can squeeze the saliva out of the rope - pooled sample |
