Clinical symptoms and prevention measures of porcine eperythrozoonosis

2021-10-14

Qingdao Zhongren Animal Medicine Co., Ltd

Zhongren kinetic drug

Eperythrozoonosis is very common in pig farms now, but especially some small pig farms can not be diagnosed, resulting in misdiagnosis, resulting in serious economic losses. This article introduces the symptoms, related symptoms and treatment methods of pig eperythrozoonosis, for your reference, in order to have more understanding of the disease, when the disease can be diagnosed in time, symptomatic prevention and control, to ensure the efficiency of pig farms.

Symptoms of porcine eperythrozoonosis

Eperythrozoonosis is mainly caused by bloodsucking insects such as mosquitoes and flies. In summer and autumn, mosquitoes and flies often occur frequently and cause epidemics. Clinically, it is characterized by high fever, skin redness, anemia, jaundice, etc., and it is frequently used in meat fattening pigs at the age of 3 to 5 months.

1. At the beginning of the disease, several pigs may have a sudden onset of the disease, which will then quickly spread to the whole pig population. Most of the pigs with more serious onset of the disease show mental atrophy, loss of appetite and even complete abolition. They like to lie down and stand less. Their body temperature rises to 40~41.5 ℃, and a few reach above 42 ℃, showing missed heat.

2. Late symptoms of porcine eperythrozoonosis

Most of the sick pigs have conjunctivitis, gray eyelids or edema, red or pale conjunctiva, and some show yellow dye. Both ears are congested and swollen, ear tips are dry and hard, buttocks, limbs and underbelly skin have red plaques or bluish purple, and finger pressure does not fade. Some sick pigs have shortness of breath, asthma and dog sitting posture. Some piglets shed bloody secretions from their nostrils. Most of dry stool, piglets generally appear emaciation, anemia and jaundice, but still maintain a certain degree of drinking water.

3. Several typical symptoms of porcine eperythrozoonosis

1) sow production performance decline, repeated with infertility; lactation infection can cause piglets persistent diarrhea. Rust-colored bleeding spots on the back of the sow are of diagnostic significance.

2) when the first onset of fattening pigs were depressed, their body temperature rose to 39.5 ℃ ~ 42 ℃, trembling, turning or unwilling to stand, lying on the ground, constipation or diarrhea. Sick pig ears, under the neck, chest, under the abdomen, the inside of the limbs and other parts of the skin red and purple, finger pressure does not fade; the color of urine into soy sauce color or brown.

3) Piglets mainly showed body pale anemia, respiratory and intestinal diseases increased.

how to treat pig eperythrozoonosis?

1. The sick pigs shall be isolated, the whole pig farm shall be disinfected, and the body surface of the pigs shall be dewormed after being diluted with water by the deworming housekeeper. Ventilation shall be done well to prevent the crowding of pigs and reduce the stress of pigs.

2. Reasonable immunization, prevention of diseases, do a good job in immunization procedures, pay attention to classical swine fever, pseudorabies, foot-and-mouth disease, Japanese encephalitis, streptococcus, etc., to ensure the safety and stability of pig farms, add oxytetracycline hydrochloride powder to the feed, etc., and inject iron supplements into pigs within three days of birth.

Baiguanling (Artemisia annua L.) is an effective drug for the treatment of malaria and chloroquine malaria, as well as one of the drugs for the prevention of Eperythrozoon suis. Eperythrozoon mainly destroys red blood cells in pig blood, resulting in greatly reduced immunity. Qizhen Zengli Granules should be used to increase immunity and nourish yin and cool blood. Clinical drugs such as oxytetracycline hydrochloride and Kexi should be used continuously until symptoms are controlled.

how pig farms pig eperythrozoonosis?

Generally speaking, pig farms do not need special prevention of eperythrozoonosis. Need to prevent, can start from the following aspects:

1. Improve pig body resistance is the basis for the prevention of all diseases

2. Enhance resistance through nutrition and health care;

3. Enhance resistance by preventing toxins, and add mildew remover: Mu Lan Bao, Mei Yi Jing and No. 1 mildew remover to solve the harm of mycotoxins and drug toxins to pigs.