If the interval between piglets is longer than minutes, then the sow or gilt needs to be evaluated to see if she is having difficulty having her piglets. Assisting with a difficult farrowing It is important to know that piglets are delivered coming forwards or backwards and from either horn of the uterus. This will help you when you decide to assist in delivery of a piglet.
Step 1: Determine if the sow or gilt is taking too long to deliver a piglet Step 2: Determine if there is a piglet in the birth canal. If piglets cannot be felt in the birth canal or the female appears to be in extreme discomfort, the herd veterinarian needs to be contacted. Accurate decisions as to what is going on and what to do is critical in maintaining the longevity of the gilt or sow in the herd.
It is illegal to crate sows more than seven days before farrowing. Bedding material should be provided for environmental enrichment. The normal farrowing of a sow or gilt takes between two and four hours to complete foetal delivery, with placental expulsion occurring up to four hours later. As she approaches second stage of labour i. Piglets will be delivered at intervals of approximately fifteen minutes and may be delivered either head or tail first, quite normally.
However, this average interval hides the true pattern seen quite normally in many sows. Observations suggest that sows will deliver a small number of piglets say two to four at ten to twenty minute intervals before appearing to stop for up to sixty to ninety minutes. They then start again with normal delivery intervals. There does not appear to be any problem here but if such delays occur in the second half of the farrowing process, stillbirths are likely to result.
Many piglets are born with the cord intact but the placenta is usually expelled in two or three masses during farrowing, with the majority occurring up to four hours after completion of piglet delivery.
Occasionally piglets will be born retained within their own placenta cleansing and a failure to release them will result in death. Contraction of the uterus to expel the piglets is achieved by way of release of Oxytocin in pulses from the sow.
Adrenalin blocks the effect of Oxytocin and as such during parturition the sow should not be disturbed or interfered with unnecessarily. All attention given must be calm and quiet. Observation of piglet delivery will enable the stockman to assist the piglets as needed. This may involve:.
It is usually better to leave the cord to break naturally but if wished, blood should be milked back into the piglet from the cord before it is broken and either tied on itself or clamped with a human naval clamp. Inertia - a failure of the uterus to contract.
Home Livestock Reproduction Birth order, parity impact birth interval and farrowing duration. Birth order, parity impact birth interval and farrowing duration. National Pork Board. Sow barn farrowing assistance protocols may need to be revised considering sow parity and the expected litter size. South Dakota State University Table 1: Factors associated with farrowing duration and birth intervals in swine production.
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