ANAEMIA IN PIGLETS
MEASURES FOR PREVENTION. Every pig breeder has at one time or another observed the symptoms of anaemia in piglets, particularly in winter months. These are displayed in pallor of the mucous membrance, lassitude, loss of ' appetite, retarded growth and digestive disorders. Frequently such pigs are als’o attacked by worms. Anaemia arises from several conditions, but in young piglets it is usually the result of an insufficient supply of the blood-building minerals, copper and iron. The most practical way to check anaemia is to supply iron in some form to the piglets. Iron (ferric) sulphate and copper sulphate is the most suitable mixture in which td give iron. The copper acts as a “catalyst"; that is its presence enables the animal to absorb the iron. How best to administer this iron and copper is still debated. Some suggest adding treacle to the iron mixture and smearing it on the teats of the sow; others advocate putting clods of fresh earth in the pens, while still others advise mixing a mineral mixture with the supplementary dry food in a creep.
The only way in which one can be sure that every piglet swallows the requisite amount of iron is, however, for each sucker to be dosed individually.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 August 1938, Page 3
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208ANAEMIA IN PIGLETS Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 August 1938, Page 3
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