Pig Eating but Not Gaining Weight

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Pig Eating but Not Gaining Weight

Post by tswgenetics » Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:48 pm

I have a gilt that is eating everything is sight and I have wormed her but she is not gaining any weight. She has started the last few days to look like she does not feel good but the appetite has not left. She has only gained 5 lbs. in the last 3 weeks and she is eating about 10 lbs per day of feed.

Can someone help!!!

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Post by CHOPSTER » Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:52 pm

how much does she weigh now. what wormer are you using and when did you worm.

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Post by tswgenetics » Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:00 pm

I used atgard and she now weighs 175 lbs. I wormed about 2 weeks ago.

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Post by HogDoc » Fri Feb 18, 2011 12:35 pm

Atgard should sure have taken care of worms. Double check you gave enough and that she ate it.
If you want to be 100% sure give her a dose of one of the ivermectins.

Anything else would just be a guess without seeing her.
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Post by tswgenetics » Fri Feb 18, 2011 3:27 pm

Thanks HogDoc. I am taking her to my Vet today to have him look at her. I am always trying to be safe with my animals. They are a precious resource we are entrusted with.

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Post by tswgenetics » Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:29 pm

Found out she has a stomach issue and we gave her some pills and she has started to gain back. I also gave shot of Ivomec to insure she got a good worming.

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Post by Ericka » Sun Feb 27, 2011 3:33 pm

What was her stomach issue and what pills did she get?

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Post by dain45yl » Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:34 am

The mostly peoples feedback is that eating pig cause the increasing weight issues.

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Re: Pig Eating but Not Gaining Weight

Post by ashley2020 » Tue Jan 21, 2020 1:32 pm

Can you let me know what the vet ever said? Please ...
Thanks!

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