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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: kitchen cottage on July 08, 2012, 03:19:13 pm

Title: I found evidence of worms
Post by: kitchen cottage on July 08, 2012, 03:19:13 pm

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I have two paddocks of about 3/4 of an acre and rotate between attempts at allotment and pigs, so they will be on this land until about October.
 
I never had any difficulty with anything and this year it seems a mass of problems.  I just want to make sure the piglets get on as they should

Title: Re: I found evidence of worms
Post by: kitchen cottage on July 08, 2012, 03:22:23 pm

Sorry I should have said,,,, the worms look like Ascaris according to the pictures on Google.
 
Both of the Tams developed well and are going to slaughter this week.
 
Piglets and Tams are outside on straw

Title: Re: I found evidence of worms
Post by: oaklandspigs on July 08, 2012, 07:07:44 pm

It is not unusual for pigs to haev a worm burden of some sort - many pigs carry worms in small amounts, and not sufficient to significantly affect their growth.
 
However since you have evidence, you should treat the ones that are not going to slaughter - those going to slaughter not worth doing, and could affect you being able to take them, so just let them go.
 
 

Title: Re: I found evidence of worms
Post by: kitchen cottage on July 08, 2012, 07:37:58 pm

For some reason half my thread went.... I posted that I worked charlotte with Panacur (?) 4 weeks before she farrowed and the piglets at 4 weeks... they are now 11 weeks.
 
I'd like to use something else because it cost a fecking fortune! The injections seem cheaper.  What would you recommend.  Charlotte doesn't mind injections at all so I don't think the piglets will.
 
Tammys are off to  slaughter Thursday so I can't treat them.  I have separated them anyway (I've put them in a stable so its easier to load them Thursday

Title: Re: I found evidence of worms
Post by: hughesy on July 08, 2012, 10:11:12 pm

You can get Noromectin or similar in a 50ml bottle it's only about 12 quid. You're right those panacur granules are very expensive and also difficult to know if each pig has had their dose correctly.