An important part of pig ownership, just like dog ownership, is ensuring your pig is up to date on vaccines. Vaccines help to ensure a healthy animal that is less prone to getting sick or getting infections.
To save yourself potential costly vet visits from a sick animal or even worse, losing a
loved pet, keep your pigs up to date on their vaccines.
When you purchase from us your piglets will have received their full set of vaccines and should not need to be vaccinated again until 6 months of age. You will also receive a vaccination record so you know what your pig has received so far and so you can provide this record to your vet.
There are a few things to keep in mind with vaccines. They can vary based on your location and the types of things your pig may be potentially exposed to. So essentially living conditions and location play a part. I will share the vaccines our vet has recommended us to use and that we have had great success with in the North East Texas region. I strongly recommend consulting with your local livestock vet to see if they have a different vaccine regimen they recommend before administering any vaccines to your pig. Also please ensure vaccines are only administered by a licensed vet. If you are not experienced with administering vaccines to pigs then please do not attempt.
You can download our printable Vaccination Schedule here, update it as needed based on your vet's recommendations.
To keep track of your pig's vaccinations, you can download our printable Vaccine Record Template here.
Here is the schedule we use for our adult pigs, we get most of our vaccines from Valley Vet:
6 months:
12 months:
18 months:
24 months:
After the first 24 month period, just continue repeating the same cycle as listed above. So for example, at 30 months, give the regiment listed above for a 6 month old pig, then at 36 months give the regimen listed for a 12 month old pig and so forth.
You may have noticed how the type of wormer varies every 6 months. This is to ensure the pig is as protected as possible from all types of worms and prevents an immunity from being built up to one type of wormer.
Many vaccines also have varying methods for application. Some can be in paste form, injection form or liquid topical form. We prefer to inject vaccines simply because we have greater control ensuring proper dosage is given, however your vet may prefer to use topical methods. There isn't necessarily a wrong way here, just whatever your vet's preferred method is.
Once again, as a disclaimer, before starting any vaccine regimen, please consult with your vet first and please consult your vet if your pig appears ill in any way, before administering any vaccines. If possible, please have a licensed vet administer all vaccines and do not attempt to administer your own unless you are highly experienced in administering vaccines to swine.
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