CASES OF STILLBIRTII IN SWINE FARM- A CASE REPORT

Abstract

The attention of the Animal Health team of Swine section of Swine and Rabbit Research Programme of NAPRI was drawn to three farrowing pens of swine unit on 5” of March, 2015 with a compliant of farrowing dead piglets. The condition was observed previously in another sow on the I" of March, 2015. History revealed that the sows involved had been dewormed with ivermectin prior to breeding. The sows were Large white in their 3" parities and average weight of 150kg with no prior clinical signs aside parturition signs that were observed. Microbiological survey identified Staphyloccoci spp, Escherichia coli, Microccocus spp, Corynebacterium diphteriae and Niesseria spp in the sows and fetal organs. Oxytetracycline LA 20mg/kg (total dosage 3000mg) was administered intramuscularly once before the lab results were obtained while the course of the treatment was changed to gentamicin at Smg/kg (total dosage 750mg) intramuscularly for three days with respect to the sensitivity test.