Sores on Back - tiger striped

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Sores on Back - tiger striped

Post by swinemama » Wed Nov 15, 2017 2:59 pm

Help!
We had a gilt bred just about 30 days ago and all signs were pointing toward pregnancy. She had beautiful white skin and showed no problems at all. Then yesterday i saw 3 oval wet oozy clear spots on her back and I was concerned. Today I went back to check on her and her back is now covered in dark oozing tiger stripes. Totally freaked me out! Any ideas suggestions? Dippity Pig Syndrome?
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Re: Sores on Back - tiger striped

Post by Pac » Wed Nov 15, 2017 5:45 pm

It's not sunburn, right?

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Re: Sores on Back - tiger striped

Post by jimhilton » Thu Nov 16, 2017 9:12 am

Sounds like sunburn

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Post by TEE » Thu Nov 16, 2017 9:44 am

Not to sound like a broken record but yes it sounds like a sunburn. I had a white bred gilt do the same thing about 2 weeks ago. She is in a completely covered pen but the south side is open. With the colder temperatures they lay in the south side in the morning in the sun and she got sunburned. It is nothing to get concerned about. Just keep it clean and keep an eye on it. I have seen them get a strep infection from a sunburn.

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Re: Sores on Back - tiger striped

Post by HogDoc » Thu Nov 16, 2017 10:04 am

Dippity pig isn't really a thing. It's a cute name that some of the pet pig people decided to use to describe the symptom of pigs dipping their back in response to pain.

The lesions are from bacteria that proliferate after an insult to the skin. The bugs we grow out of these are the same or similar to the ones we see in greasy pig. Once in awhile we'll culture a Pseudomonas bacteria. You can often tell if its that because of a unique rotten grape smell from the bacteria.

As others have pointed out sunburn is one very common initial insult to the skin but in the gilt pen gilts riding each other is about as common.

Treatment is pretty easy and they respond well. You can use a systemic antibiotic, pain relief with banamine is a good practice, then we treat them topically with about anything that will block air from getting to the lesion. That can be an ointment, Barrier II, or something like aluminum bandage spray. If you live somewhere that flies are still a problem its a good idea to use screw worm spray as well. A lot of these pigs also go un treated and recover.
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Post by swinemama » Thu Nov 16, 2017 12:12 pm

Thank you all for the responses. I really appreciate it. Hard to believe it is sunburn but it makes sense what you are all saying. Thanks again. We will treat and cover her up better to avoid this happening again.

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Post by weavs150 » Tue Jun 25, 2019 9:00 pm

we currently have experienced the same sunburn symptoms. My daughter has a 4h show in 17 days, how can I clear this up ASAP? last time we treated with blue-kote but I am afraid of the staining on the skin. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

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Re: Sores on Back - tiger striped

Post by mjw1980 » Wed Jun 26, 2019 1:54 pm

If it is sunburn I would treat it the same way you would treat a human. Aloe and make sure and keep sunscreen on it so that she does not burn again. Keep the skin hydrated.

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Post by aey5333 » Tue Sep 19, 2023 9:16 am

I am curious if anyone can provide me with some thoughts on this. I have a gilt about 300lbs that has some blisters on her. they are on her back and sides including hams, they start out looking like acne. but develop into a blister and then scab over. this has been happening for about a month with no real change. she seems relatively unaffected by them as she eats well and acts fine. i can tell that they sores do cause some amount of irritation as she tenses up when you touch them.

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Thu Nov 16, 2017 10:04 am
Dippity pig isn't really a thing. It's a cute name that some of the pet pig people decided to use to describe the symptom of pigs dipping their back in response to pain.

The lesions are from bacteria that proliferate after an insult to the skin. The bugs we grow out of these are the same or similar to the ones we see in greasy pig. Once in awhile we'll culture a Pseudomonas bacteria. You can often tell if its that because of a unique rotten grape smell from the bacteria.

As others have pointed out sunburn is one very common initial insult to the skin but in the gilt pen gilts riding each other is about as common.

Treatment is pretty easy and they respond well. You can use a systemic antibiotic, pain relief with banamine is a good practice, then we treat them topically with about anything that will block air from getting to the lesion. That can be an ointment, Barrier II, or something like aluminum bandage spray. If you live somewhere that flies are still a problem its a good idea to use screw worm spray as well. A lot of these pigs also go un treated and recover.

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