TRANMISSIBLE GASTRO ENTERITIS (TGE)

TGE is a very important and highly infectious disease caused by a coronavirus. The virus is killed by sunlight within a few hours but will survive for long periods outside the pig in cold conditions.

1. CAUSES
TGE is a very important and highly infectious disease caused by a coronavirus. The virus is killed by sunlight within a few hours but will survive for long periods outside the pig in cold conditions.

2. WAY OF INFECTION
- Disease occurs in piglets less than 2 weeks old.
- Diseases transmit primarily through feces, nasal secretions, vomit from piglets, milk. After penetration through the digestive tract, intestinal virus increase much, which causing erosion of layer intestinal villi, making tapered intestine, hemorrhage, undigested, diarrhea.

3. SYMPTOMS
- Very short incubation period of 12-36 hours.
- Symptoms: Piglets vomiting, yellow watery diarrhea mix with undigested milk, no fever. Piglets dying after 3-5 days, emaciated corpses. For sows and weaned pigs, it is difficult to see the clear symptoms
4. LESIONS
The intestines get thin, bleeding, contain stinking fluid. Hemorrhagic gastritis have undigested milk, ulcerated.

5. TREATMENT
In the case of secondary infection:
Inject Marflo - LA with dose of 1 ml / 15 kg b.w, treat again after 48 hours or Marphamox - gene la 1ml / 10 kg b.w after 48 hours. Combined injection of Glucose - K - C - Namin 1ml / 12 - 15kg b.w. To providing electrolytes: Điên giải- Gluco-K-C (Electrolyte - glucose - K - C) Marphasol-Thảo dược (Marphasol - Herbs)

6. PREVENTION
Due to the viral disease, we should not have treatment medicine, mainly symptomatic treatment for supplying electrolytes, sugar, and heated pigs.
When it's cold or rainy, warm piglets and clean the pigsty.

Key:

tge is, very important, and highly, infectious disease, caused by, coronavirus the, virus is, killed by, sunlight within, few hours, but will, survive for, long periods, outside the, pig in, cold conditions