{"id":5486,"date":"2020-07-16T12:15:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T12:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/?p=5486"},"modified":"2020-07-16T12:15:40","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T12:15:40","slug":"handling-constipation-in-pigs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/handling-constipation-in-pigs\/","title":{"rendered":"Handling Constipation in Pigs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Constipation is a decrease in the frequency and\/or amount of defecation accompanied by a prolonged and difficult passage of the stool.<\/p>\n<p>When the sow finally defecates, the manure is usually formed into small golf ball-sized portions.<\/p>\n<p>Constipation occurs when the sow is dehydrated, manure becomes dry and difficult to pass through the digestive tract.<\/p>\n<p>Dehydration is common following farrowing because the sow has lost body water from expulsion of placenta and birth fluids.<\/p>\n<p>It takes a few days for a sow to recover the water lost during farrowing and to return to a normal water balance.<\/p>\n<p>Prevention: Provide feed right after farrowing. Feed a laxative several days prior to farrowing.<\/p>\n<p>Treatment: A constipated sow should be exercised for 10-15 minutes, if practical, to encourage movement in the digestive tract. A laxative, such as Epsom salts or potassium chloride, can be given as a topdress (two tablespoons daily) or included in the feed (15-25lbs\/ton) to alleviate constipation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Constipation is a decrease in the frequency and\/or amount of defecation accompanied by a prolonged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5487,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pigs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}