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Gain control over pre-weaning diarrhea in piglets
Keep your herd healthy by staying ahead of outbreaks. You can maintain control by creating a clean, stress-free environment for the sow and her litter.
Maintain strict hygiene and closely monitor their health; this helps limit infections, reduce mortality, and ensure healthy, fast-growing piglets.
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What causes pre-weaning diarrhea in piglets?
The most common cause of pre-weaning diarrhea is infection with various pathogens, including bacteria (like E. coli, Clostridium perfringens), viruses (like rotavirus, coronavirus), and sometimes parasites. These pathogens can cause gastrointestinal infections leading to diarrhea.
How do pigs get infected with pre-weaning diarrhea?
The most common way for pathogens involved in pre-weaning diarrhea, such as E. coli, to spread is through the fecal-oral route. Piglets can contract these pathogens from the environment, contaminated surfaces, the sow (mother pig), or other piglets.
In some cases, piglets can be born with these infections if the pathogens are transmitted during pregnancy or birth.
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What are the symptoms of Pre-weaning diarrhea?
You can recognize post-weaning diarrhea by a number of symptoms.
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- Watery diarrhea
- Dehydration
- Poor growth
- Lethargy & weakness
- Reduced growth
- Reduced appetite
- Stained rear-ends
- Social withdrawal
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Protect your piglets from pre-weaning diarrhea
- Ensure the sow receives optimal nutrition so piglets get high-quality colostrum
- Keep the pen clean and stress-free
- Maintain the correct temperature and humidity
- Implement biosecurity measures like strict rules for all incoming items, visitors and animals
- Thoroughly clean and disinfect the pens
The 6 steps to prevent pre-weaning diarrhea
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The quality of your water
Treating water systems with Di-O-Clean effectively reduces infection risks in piglets by removing harmful viral and bacterial pathogens that cause pre-weaning diarrhea. Furthermore, providing high-quality drinking water boosts overall piglet health, hydration, and growth performance.:format(webp))
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