josiegirl123
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wondering if anyone else has had experience with erysipalas. for the past week or even longer i have noticed our 2 year old sow ginger hasnt been walking that great. i figured it was because she was allowed to get very fat over this month. then yesterday she did not get up to eat. i took temp and it said 104.5. I immediately gave her some duramycin thinking it was pneumonia even tho her breathing was fine. later that day she did get up to eat, but not very enthusiastically i also administered more duramycin. its been hard to get a dose in her because my syringes were much too small. this morning i took her temp and tried to give her more medicine, broke the needle but her tmep was 102.9.
called the vet after and he was sure it was erysipelas. he said it was very common. later i looked up the symptoms and it fits her perfectly with her uneasy movement. he recommended giving her penicillin, he said he'd give her 15 ml in one go. got the larger syringes and penicillin form the store and the dosage said 1 ml per 100 lbs once a day over a max of 4 days. i saw in one other source online that you can give a larger dose once, then again in 48 hours. i wasn't sure which to listen to so i gave her 10 ml this evening, and in 2 days ill give her another 10. i felt that was sort of a happy medium. thoughts on this dosage?
anyway she's vastly improved, so i thought id share for people out there whos pig have those symptoms. i wish i had caught it sooner. i just didnt know what to do as she was breathing fine, she just didnt walk right and her breathing was a little weird when i watched her lahying down almost like she was shaking. the inappetance is what finally made me act.
i did have some questions tho. she is a breeding sow and i have read that erysialas can cause infertility. i havent been able to find ANYTHING about how often that happens tho. it would be such a shame if she became infertile. does anyone have experience with this? thankfully i dont really think the arthritis will be permenant as i know it can be in certain cases. she's walking better already. but i am concerned about fertility.
called the vet after and he was sure it was erysipelas. he said it was very common. later i looked up the symptoms and it fits her perfectly with her uneasy movement. he recommended giving her penicillin, he said he'd give her 15 ml in one go. got the larger syringes and penicillin form the store and the dosage said 1 ml per 100 lbs once a day over a max of 4 days. i saw in one other source online that you can give a larger dose once, then again in 48 hours. i wasn't sure which to listen to so i gave her 10 ml this evening, and in 2 days ill give her another 10. i felt that was sort of a happy medium. thoughts on this dosage?
anyway she's vastly improved, so i thought id share for people out there whos pig have those symptoms. i wish i had caught it sooner. i just didnt know what to do as she was breathing fine, she just didnt walk right and her breathing was a little weird when i watched her lahying down almost like she was shaking. the inappetance is what finally made me act.
i did have some questions tho. she is a breeding sow and i have read that erysialas can cause infertility. i havent been able to find ANYTHING about how often that happens tho. it would be such a shame if she became infertile. does anyone have experience with this? thankfully i dont really think the arthritis will be permenant as i know it can be in certain cases. she's walking better already. but i am concerned about fertility.