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Following high losses in 2021 and 2022 and a return to profitability in 2023 and 2024, the Irish pig sector is expected to see moderate levels of profitability in 2025.

The sources of infection in neonatal diarrhoea are affected piglets, the piglet environment and the faeces of the sow. Each of the agents mentioned can occur in small numbers in the faeces of the sow, although adult animals are unaffected by the coccidia, rotavirus, E. coli and clostridial strains concerned because of immunity. Piglet to piglet transmission is most common within a …

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Occurrence: Worldwide. Age affected: Gilts. Causes: Stress, pain; mismanagement of farrowing; genetic. Effects: Fear, excitement, piglet injury / death.

Generally caused by bacterial invasion of the udder and subsequent production of endotoxins (the cell wall lipopolysaccharide produced by bacteria like E. coli).Endotoxin cannot, however, always be demonstrated in the plasma of affected animals, neither can bacteria or mastitis always be identified in the mammary glands.

Hypoglycaemia treatments can also be useful for neonatal piglets with hypothermia. Affected animals should be given intraperitoneal injections of 15 ml of 5% glucose solution every 4-6 hours or oral glucose by stomach tube and kept at a minimum of 30-35°C (85-95°F).

Treatment of prolonged farrowing depends upon the cause. Illness in the sow should be treated. When manual examination after washing and disinfection reveals an open cervix, deliver any piglets or placentas within reach.