CHARACTERIZATION AND CONTROL OF POST-PARTUM VAGINAL DISCHARGES IN LACTATING SOWS

摘要

Reproduction problems in pigs from continuous flow management are frequent. Tie most common, purulent vaginal discharge, also named Pyogenic Bacterial Reproductive Failure Syndrome (PBRFS), which cause an infection of the endometrium with epithelial damage and exudate, easy to treat but if its not identified and treated on time, leads to severe septicaemia infections (1,2). It is quite common to confuse a normal vaginal discharge (NVD) with a pathological one. This confusion causes losses to the producer because of unnecessary antimicrobial treatments. It also gives the opportunity to contaminate the sows with consequences in the next reproductive cycle (3, 4, 5). The purpose of this study was to characterise the different kinds of vaginal discharges, and to find the cheapest way to control them.