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Prevention and Control of Several Common Cattle Diseases

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2022-07-25

Understanding the characteristics of cattle disease and timely prevention and control can reduce the chance of human and animal disease infection and reduce the economic losses caused by cattle disease to cattle farmers.

1. Calf diarrhea

There are mainly two kinds of calf diarrhea, one is indigestion; The second is infectious diarrhea. If the disease can not be treated in time, the cow will gradually appear skin relaxation, eyeball depression and other dehydration symptoms. The prevention and control of the disease should pay attention to the hygiene of the cattle ring, do a good job of disinfection and ventilation and the cleaning of feces. Calves due to disease resistance is weak, lack of immunity, birth calves as far as possible to feed breast milk, in order to avoid cross infection, need to regularly clean the cow's udder. After diarrhea occurs in calves, dehydration should be avoided first, and 200~500mL and 5% glucose saline should be supplemented for 2~3 days.

2. Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is a zoonotic infectious disease, which is a more serious infectious disease. The main location of the disease is in the lungs of cattle. At the beginning of the disease, there are no obvious symptoms. With the aggravation of the disease, the cow has been dry cough. The best way to prevent and treat bovine tuberculosis is to prevent it. When cases are found in cattle herds, the sick cattle are isolated in time to reduce the chance of spreading the disease. At the same time, disinfection is done well. When a collective outbreak occurs, isoniazid is mixed with 6-8 mg/kg and fed in 3-4 times for 3 consecutive months. Sick cattle with obvious symptoms can be treated with intramuscular injection of streptomycin.

3. Rumen accumulation

This disease is mainly due to the excessive content of indigestible substances in the feed, which accumulates in the stomach of cattle and cannot be ruled out or digested. The disease can affect the normal diet and activities of cattle, often manifested as loss of appetite, slow action, directly affect the quality of cattle. When it is found that cattle have similar symptoms, they can be relieved by food restriction at all times, or they can be treated with drugs. Magnesium sulfate can be administered once a day at a dose of 500g, or intramuscular injection of compound VB combined with ruminating Xiaozhang Ling can accelerate the excretion of accumulated food from the rumen of cattle. If there is dehydration of ruminal accumulation, it is necessary to supplement normal saline or glucose solution in time.

4. Pneumonia

Bovine pneumonia is a common disease of cattle, which is mainly affected by the health status of cattle and the breeding environment. When cattle have a cold, their immunity will decrease. If there is more dust in the breeding environment at this time, cattle inhalation will increase the prevalence of pneumonia, often manifested as dyspnea, loss of appetite, rapid pulse, etc. Therefore, in order to reduce the incidence of bovine pneumonia, it is necessary to do a good job in the sanitation of cattle barn to minimize dust pollution, cattle with disease can be treated by injection of 20mL of clindamycin.

5. Foot-and-mouth disease

Foot-and-mouth disease is highly contagious and often causes fever. Blisters appear in the mouth, nose, tongue, udder, and hoof. Farmers should be familiar with the symptoms of foot-and-mouth disease. In addition to isolation measures, it is necessary to prevent continued infection. At the same time, it is necessary to disinfect and inspect unaffected cattle to block the transmission of infection between humans and animals.