Recently, the European Union, the United States, South Korea, and Japan have successively banned antibiotics. Under the global trend of reducing and banning antibiotics, traditional Chinese medicine has been used more and more widely in breeding production. Among them, Astragalus Polysaccharides have achieved the best effect in pig production, especially in health care and treating diseases of pig at various stages.
Functions of Astragalus Polysaccharides
1. Enhance immunity
2. Anti-virus
3. Repair mucosal damage and reduce pathogen invasion
Functions of Astragalus Polysaccharides in Raising Pigs
1. Increase the number of healthy piglets, which is beneficial to the recovery of Qi and blood of the sow after giving birth to piglets.
Astragalus is known as the "King of Qi Supplementing". It has a very good effect in replenishing Qi and blood in sows after giving birth to piglets. In addition, using it during pregnancy can significantly improve the health of the herd, improve the performance of sows, and increase the average number of healthy piglets by 0.5.
2. Relieve weaning stress
For pigs before and after weaning, adding astragalus polysaccharides and multi-dimensional drugs to the drinking water and feed can effectively alleviate the weaning stress and restore the feeding of the pigs.
3. Prevention and treatment of diarrhea in weaned piglets
For newly weaned piglets, eating solid particles can abrade their gastrointestinal tract, which will lead to insufficient gastric acid secretion. Many piglets have physiological diarrhea, causing pathological diarrhea. After weaning, the use of astragalus polysaccharides combined with microecological preparations has a good preventive effect on diarrhea. After diarrhea, feeding the piglets with astragalus polysaccharides with Pulsatilla or Kushen Zhili granules can promote the recovery of intestinal mucosa during the onset and recovery period of diarrhea.
4. Improve the quality of boar semen
Insufficient boar semen volume and poor semen quality, such as low density, high deformity rate, and insufficient vitality, seriously affect the success rate of artificial insemination. Astragalus polysaccharides can be used at this time to recover boar semen, especially under summer heat stress.
5. Prevent myocarditis
When foot-and-mouth disease occurs in sows or fattening pigs, the biggest casualties are acute deaths caused by myocarditis. Astragalus has the effect of correcting the myocardium. During the onset of foot-and-mouth disease, it can relieve stress, resist viruses, and prevent myocarditis.
6. Relieve the sub-health of pigs
Pigs with excessive eye feces, tear spots, constipation, yellow urine, dirty fur, and subcutaneous bleeding are all sub-health manifestations. This kind of pig herd has low health and insufficient disease resistance and is a susceptible animal in the pig herd. During the period of non-pest prevention and control, the health of the pig herd is crucial. Astragalus polysaccharides have the effect of strengthening the body, can resist viruses, and improving the disease resistance of pigs. It is effective in sub-healthy pigs.
7. Promote the recovery of weak piglets and stiff pigs
Most of the weak piglets and stiff pigs in the herd have not recovered from the previous disease or the treatment cycle is long and the body is fundamentally damaged. It is difficult to recover by supplementing with nutrients or energy. Astragalus polysaccharides can be used for these piglets to invigorate the Qi, anti-virus, promote feeding, help repair the intestinal mucosa.
To sum up, with the worsening antibiotic resistance of bacteria, antibiotic residues, environmental pollution, etc., traditional Chinese medicine is more and more widely used in pig production because it has no side effects, low toxicity, and no pollution. Astragalus polysaccharide has been applied earlier and has better effect in pig farms. It displayed great performance in solving all kinds of pig health problems in pig farms.
