Clinical application of vitamin C in veterinary medicine

Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a white or slightly yellowish crystalline powder that is easily soluble in water and has a high content in green feed. Vitamin C can play a huge role in pig breeding, and its price is very cheap, one-fifth or even one-tenth of that of ordinary antibiotics.

Clinically, vitamin C can be used in the following aspects:

1. Anti-stress

Anti-heat stress: Vitamin C can reduce the permeability of the body's capillaries, increase the content of growth hormone in the serum, and reduce the effects of toxic substances. Therefore, during high-temperature seasons, adding vitamin C to pig feed or drinking water will help reduce the metabolism and heat production of pigs, enhance the body's adaptability to high temperatures, and thereby resist heat stress.

Resistance to various adverse stresses: When pigs are subjected to environmental, pathological and other stresses, the synthesis and utilization of ascorbic acid in the pig body will be affected, leading to vitamin C deficiency in the pig body. In mild cases, it will affect feed intake, and in severe cases, it will lead to morbidity or even death. Therefore, timely supplementation of vitamin C when pigs are stressed can minimize the incidence of diseases caused by vitamin C deficiency.

2. Promote growth

Appropriate supplementation of vitamin C in the feed of nursery piglets can alleviate scurvy caused by lack of ascorbic acid and vitamin K. It can also promote autonomous growth, make the pigs grow evenly, and reduce the proportion of stiff pigs.

3. Improve the reproductive capacity of pigs

Vitamin C can regulate the body's metabolism of calcium and promote the absorption and utilization of calcium. Therefore, appropriately adding vitamin C to feed can significantly improve the semen quality of boars and increase the pregnancy rate and litter size of sows.

4. Prevention and treatment of diseases

Clinically, vitamin C is used in combination with certain traditional Chinese medicines or antibiotics to treat various acute and chronic viral or bacterial diseases (especially those with clinical symptoms such as bleeding spots on the ears, limbs or back skin), which can improve the symptoms of the disease. Pig cure rate and reduced mortality.

Vitamin C is extremely effective in treating pigs with clinical symptoms of cyanosis of the skin on the ears, limbs or back.

Hemostatic effect: When tail docking piglets, adding vitamin C to the feed can reduce bleeding and promote wound healing. In addition, vitamin C supplementation can reduce the permeability and fragility of capillaries, thereby achieving the purpose of stopping bleeding. Clinically, when coccidiosis occurs in pigs, adding vitamin C can improve the hemostatic function, shorten the recovery period after infection, and reduce mortality. When treating fresh wounds, in addition to conventional treatment, spray vitamin C injection into the wound surface and wound cavity, and then cover the wound surface with a layer of gauze dipped in vitamin C injection, which is beneficial to wound healing.