thinning hair/ovarian cysts
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- Knee Deep
Can anyone point me to a picture of the hairloss associated with Ovarian Cysts? The black and white female has very thin hair on both her sides, and she also is the one whom I believe to be pregnant. Reading past posts I see that pigs with ovarian cysts take on the pregnant pear shape. I couldn´t begin to tell you how old this pig is since it´s considerably underweight, she´s 1 pound 5 ounces but you can feel every bone in her body.
I know they´ve got to have mites, so I´m treating for that now, I hope it gets her hair to grow back. They are also all barbering each other because they´ve never had hay at that "rescue". There are a lot of factors that could be causing this, but I want to see O.C. pictures.
She still has a strip of normal hair along her backbone, but from there down it´s very thin. I wish I had my computer so I could post a picture.
I know they´ve got to have mites, so I´m treating for that now, I hope it gets her hair to grow back. They are also all barbering each other because they´ve never had hay at that "rescue". There are a lot of factors that could be causing this, but I want to see O.C. pictures.
She still has a strip of normal hair along her backbone, but from there down it´s very thin. I wish I had my computer so I could post a picture.
Last edited by Erin8607 on Tue Oct 15, 2002 1:22 pm, edited 1 time in total.
- Lynx
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Perhaps later you could post a picture?
I failed to take a pic of Snowflake when it was evident she had bilateral hairloss on the sides of her abdomen due to ovarian cysts. But I´m sure it would vary somewhat from one pig to another.
Keep in mind, this hairloss is affected by hormones. I understand pregnant pigs can experience some hairloss too and this could well be due to hormones.
I failed to take a pic of Snowflake when it was evident she had bilateral hairloss on the sides of her abdomen due to ovarian cysts. But I´m sure it would vary somewhat from one pig to another.
Keep in mind, this hairloss is affected by hormones. I understand pregnant pigs can experience some hairloss too and this could well be due to hormones.
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- Knee Deep
I hope so. I just took some, but my mom´s computer doesn´t support my digital camera software. The service center said my computer would take 2-3 weeks, well this is week 4. Hopefully it will be back soon. I have nearly 200 pictures stored on my camera at this point, making the battery go out quickly too. Good thing it´s rechargable.
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- Knee Deep
computer is back, here is one picture of the sow I´m talking about. More pictures can be seen at http://www.imageevent.com/erin8607/zanesvillerescues her name is "Nancy" (my mom named her lol)
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- Little Jo Wheek
Could be pregnancy related. Time will tell if she´s pregnant and once she´s been treated for mites. I had a sow that went almost completely bald with a litter and started growing back hair after the pups were weaned. I weaned the boars at two weeks to give her a break since she looked awful.
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- Knee Deep
All three of them were barbering each other for the first night/day, they were never given hay so they decided hair was the next best thing. They have hay now, and I haven´t seen them barbering each other. They also scratch and chew at themselves from the mites, like I said, there are a lot of factors that could be contributing to this. I just wanted to get opinions here too!
Thanks! Wait and see games are rough =)
Thanks! Wait and see games are rough =)
Ooops, posted in Placement too. Sorry, Lynx.
This hairloss pattern looks very similar to that of TeddyMom, a Hollister sow nursing newborn pups, who turned out to be pregnant yet again. She grew new hair after the pups were weaned. She also received a course of Ivermectin and attention was given to providing high quality nurition. Treat for mites, feed her well, then wait and see.
This hairloss pattern looks very similar to that of TeddyMom, a Hollister sow nursing newborn pups, who turned out to be pregnant yet again. She grew new hair after the pups were weaned. She also received a course of Ivermectin and attention was given to providing high quality nurition. Treat for mites, feed her well, then wait and see.