Pig welfare (AHW)

Tail Cauteriser

•Used to dock the tails of piglets to prevent tail biting. before 7 days old. vets/ stocks people. Anaesthetic and prolonged analgesia when animal is over 7 days old.

Piglet teeth clippers

•Used to blunt the tips of the corner teeth of piglets to prevent damage when suckling the sow, tail biting or ear biting among litter mates. before 7 days old. over three days old. performed by vets or trained stocks people.

Slap marker

•Used to slap the herdmark onto each shoulder of a pig as form of ID prior to slaughter

Pig board

•Used to aid in moving pigs

Paddle/ rattler

Generates gentle noise when shaken to aid in moving pigs

•Snout snare

•Used to restrain an animal >10kg for safe handling/vet examination

•Weigh crate

•Accurate way of weighing piglets/pigs frequently to check daily live weight gain (DLWG)

•Vaccination gun

•Used to deliver vaccines and medication (easily adjusts dose)

•Artificial insemination catheters

•Used to deliver boar semen to a gilt/sow during artificial insemination

Porcine dangers

Biting, barging, stepping on you, zoonotic risk, ear damage. (increased risk when piglet present/ in heat)

Zoonotic risk with pigs

Trichinellosis: nematode parasites (through undercooked meat)

Streptococcus suis (Gram + bacteria): causes sepsis concomitant with meningitis in humans. (though biting people - bacteria live in pig tonsillar crypts)

Restraining Porcine safely

snout snare (if above 10kg) - for collecting blood more easily. position in mouth over top jaw and snout. loop as far back in the mouth as possible pre-tightening (behind premolars). Both hands on snare. DO NOT LIFT/ DRAG ANIMAL WITH SNARE. this method causes less stress and is faster.

signs of pig stress

Panting, shaking, squealing/ barking = over excited, increased: HR, Resp. R, temp.

WATOK meaning

welfare of animals at time of killing :(

Routes for medication meaning

The path in which the drug is taken into body

sites for medication meaning

site where drug is applied

Prophylactic treatment meaning

treatment that prevents something from happening.

metaphylactic treatment meaning

treatment to a group of animals (sick and healthy) which controls the spread of disease within that group (especially when an outbreak has already occured).

why dose medication using water?

it is the easy and cheap and doesn’t take too much time to get every animal medicated.

why not dose medication through water/ feed?

some animals may eat/ drink less and so they don’t have the corerct dose of the medication.

IV, IM, Subcutaneous injection sites on a pig: