broken back/ hump backs
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2018 8:56 am
Lets talk about hump/ broken back pigs.
Im on a mission to figure out what causes this.
Every spring/winter i get a few in each litter.
Ive been told its the hot feed, ive been told its genetic, ive been told its the boar side, ive been told its the cold.
in my opinion its neither of the above, and ill explain why.
Hot feed, no. because i feed the same feed in the warm summer and get significantly less hump backs, almost 0 hump backs in the summer.
Genetics no, because again i have the same sows in the summer farrow with less hump backs, almost 0 humps in the summer.
The boar side??? nah i use the same boars and similar bred boars in the summer. Again, few -0 broken backs in summer.
cold???? now this is where we can debate its the cold...........sorta. But here is my take on that. i dont get hump backs until i wean. if its the cold why not develop humps on the sow. my farrowing house and weaned barn are similar temps. while on the sow they look nice and full and fat. When i wean i get hump backs.................but only in the winter.
So after i do the comparisons, i almost could say i have a disease in the herd that is alive in the winter but the heat of the summer it kills it?
im asking for some help here. im not a vet, just a guy trying.....trying to raise pigs.
think about this also. in the summer i get a wasting disease on my weaned pigs. i dont get any wasting in the winter. again a temperature controlled disease. does anyone understand what im saying, does anyone else that this problem? As long as they are on the sow, everyone is fine. its wean i wean.
BTW, i have posted multiple of pigs that die of the wasting and every time the results are inconclusive.
is there anyone out here in pig land that will help me be successful?
Help.............................Advice??????????????
Also, i follow the 4 star vet vaccine protocol. so am i missing a vaccine?
Im on a mission to figure out what causes this.
Every spring/winter i get a few in each litter.
Ive been told its the hot feed, ive been told its genetic, ive been told its the boar side, ive been told its the cold.
in my opinion its neither of the above, and ill explain why.
Hot feed, no. because i feed the same feed in the warm summer and get significantly less hump backs, almost 0 hump backs in the summer.
Genetics no, because again i have the same sows in the summer farrow with less hump backs, almost 0 humps in the summer.
The boar side??? nah i use the same boars and similar bred boars in the summer. Again, few -0 broken backs in summer.
cold???? now this is where we can debate its the cold...........sorta. But here is my take on that. i dont get hump backs until i wean. if its the cold why not develop humps on the sow. my farrowing house and weaned barn are similar temps. while on the sow they look nice and full and fat. When i wean i get hump backs.................but only in the winter.
So after i do the comparisons, i almost could say i have a disease in the herd that is alive in the winter but the heat of the summer it kills it?
im asking for some help here. im not a vet, just a guy trying.....trying to raise pigs.
think about this also. in the summer i get a wasting disease on my weaned pigs. i dont get any wasting in the winter. again a temperature controlled disease. does anyone understand what im saying, does anyone else that this problem? As long as they are on the sow, everyone is fine. its wean i wean.
BTW, i have posted multiple of pigs that die of the wasting and every time the results are inconclusive.
is there anyone out here in pig land that will help me be successful?
Help.............................Advice??????????????
Also, i follow the 4 star vet vaccine protocol. so am i missing a vaccine?