Ayoade G O
Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Afr J Med Med Sci. 2003 Sep;32(3):321-2.
Cases of sixteen sows treated for lactation failure in piggery farms in Ibadan are reported. Fifteen of them had no complication of mastitis or mammary gland teat blockade. The fifteen uncomplicated cases responded favourably to the treatment with oxytocin (15-20 I. U. per sow). Only two cases needed second treatment with oxytocin due to poor sustenance of flow from only one treatment. Milk flow was achieved in less than 5 minutes in all the treated sows after the intramuscular injection of the drug. The only sow with accompanying acute mastitis responded favourably to procaine penicillin injection. Early diagnosis and treatment of agalactia are important in the prevention and control of baby pig mortality. The favourable response of these sow lactation failures to treatment with oxytocin, confirms the hormonal imbalance as one of the major factors to be considered in the unknown aetiology of lactation failure or failure of milk ejection reflex.
报告了在伊巴丹养猪场中接受治疗的16头泌乳失败母猪的病例。其中15头没有乳腺炎或乳腺乳头阻塞并发症。这15例无并发症的病例对催产素治疗（每头母猪15 - 20国际单位）反应良好。只有2例由于单次治疗后泌乳维持不佳需要再次使用催产素治疗。在肌肉注射药物后，所有接受治疗的母猪在不到5分钟内就实现了泌乳。唯一伴有急性乳腺炎的母猪对普鲁卡因青霉素注射反应良好。无乳症的早期诊断和治疗对于预防和控制仔猪死亡率很重要。这些母猪泌乳失败对催产素治疗的良好反应，证实了激素失衡是泌乳失败或排乳反射失败未知病因中要考虑的主要因素之一。
