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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: Berkshire Boy on November 06, 2011, 08:56:00 pm

Title: oral painkiller for pigs.
Post by: Berkshire Boy on November 06, 2011, 08:56:00 pm

One of my boars has a bit of a limp. His front foot seems a bit sore, he will allow me to run my hand over it can't feel any heat or swelling.
Can you give a pig Ibuprofen or paracetamol tablets and if so how many.

Title: Re: oral painkiller for pigs.
Post by: oaklandspigs on November 07, 2011, 09:44:17 am

Think you would be better with a jab of metcam.

Paracetamol and Ibuprofen are both used in weaned pigs for the treatment of respiratory diseases particularly ARDS, as part of a combination of treatments with other drugs, (not together) but they are used to reduce temperature not control pain.    I would not recommend you try it without vet recommendation, as it is unlikely to work effectively, and may have undesired effects.

Title: Re: oral painkiller for pigs.
Post by: Fowgill Farm on November 07, 2011, 10:11:56 am

You can oral metacam which you squirt down their throats with a measured dose syringe thing if you don't want to jab. Ask your vet i got some think it was £56  ::) but needs must occaisionally.
Mandy  :pig:

Title: Re: oral painkiller for pigs.
Post by: Tudful Tamworths on November 07, 2011, 06:33:58 pm

Lots of pig people use dispersible aspirin - recommended to me by a vet.
I've given two at a time to growing pigs and adults - concealed in something tasty like banana, a cherry tomato, or a strawberry...depending on what's been available. Dose twice a day.

Title: Re: oral painkiller for pigs.
Post by: Berkshire Boy on November 08, 2011, 09:23:12 am

Thanks everyone for advice.
He is a lovely old boar but Ive never jabbed him so don't know how he will react. I will have a empty stable in a couple of days so will bring him down for some rest and will try a jab then,with the stable door open so one of us can get out in a hurry. :D :D