Care during Pregnancy

• Special attention to pregnant sows one week before farrowing by providing adequate space, fed, water, etc.
• Disinfect farrowing pen 3-4 days before the expected date of farrowing.
• Place sows in farrowing pen after bedding it properly.

Care and management of sow and litter at farrowing time

• Deworming 3 weeks before farrowing.
• Sow at advance age of pregnancy should be washed with soap and water to disinfect adhering eggs and other germs and transferred in a clean and disinfected farrowing pen 6-7 days before the due date.
• Laxative feed 3 days prior to farrowing.
• Stop overfeeding 3 days prior to 12 hours after farrowing.
• Use dry cloth to wipe mucous membrane from mouth and nose of new born pigs.
• Cut umbical cord 2 inch away from body and dip in tincture of iodine.
• Feed the piglets with creed feed containing 20% protein in creep space.
• Height of rail should be 10 inches to one foot and partitioned in few places.

Care and management of lactating sows

• Provide adequate feed and clean water.
• Allocate concentrate feed for sow.
• Allow sow to rear the piglets for 6-8 weeks.
• Flushing 8-10 days before breeding time encourages onset of heat in time and increases ovulation.
• Provide imferon 1 ml (Iron) on the second day intramuscularly to prevent piglet anemia.
• Second injection at 5 weeks of age.
• Clip wolf teeth of piglets shortly after birth.
• Allow piglets to suckle milk for 6-8 weeks and wean at any time.

Care of male piglets

• Castrate male piglets by open method at 1-2 weeks of age.
• Ear notching for identification.
• Feed piglets 2 times a day and supply water continuously.
• Vaccination against swine fever and deworming should be done at 4-6 weeks of age.