The hoof is the supporting organ of dairy cows. If the feeding and management is improper, the hoof is prone to pathological changes, hoof deformation and symptoms of hoof disease, resulting in difficulty in walking, lameness, loss of appetite, decreased lactation, and severe cases are eliminated.

bovine limbHoof disease should be based on prevention

1. It is necessary to reasonably match the diet. When feeding acidic diet or high-yield cattle diet, baking soda (50-150g a day for a cow) is added, moldy feed is not fed.

2, to improve the feeding environment, reduce the contact time of cattle hoof and manure. Clean up the cow dung and urine in time, keep the enclosure sanitary and properly ventilated.

3, to develop practical hoof bath procedures, the selection of Millfengda organic hoof protection, zinc sulfate, etc. can prevent the occurrence of this disease.Foot Bathconsidered the most feasible prevention strategyIt has made an important contribution to the comprehensive modern cow hoof care project, which can quickly restore the normal healthy function of the cow.

4. As hoof disease can occur in reserve cattle and young cattle at the earliest, it is necessary to regularly check whether the hoof of reserve cattle and young cattle has occurred. Once the disease occurs, in addition to actively cleaning the dung path and keeping the dung path clean and sanitary, the hoof of reserve cattle and young cattle should be bathed.

5. Regularly evaluate the status of dairy cows to achieve early detection and early treatment.

6. Appropriately increase the amount of exercise and light time, and regularly trim the hoof.

 

 

 

Interdigital dermatitis (hoof fork inflammation)

 

Symptoms:

Inflammatory exudation, swelling, pain between the toes.

Standard Prescription:

First, check the sick cow on the hoof table, then clean the whole hoof with water or 0.1% disinfectant, and remove the necrotic tissue and suppurative matter in the hoof fork. Then use 5% iodine tincture to disinfect the hoof fork, and apply a piece of absorbent cotton 1/3 larger than the wound and 20g of pine pomegranate oil in the hoof fork, and wrap it with sack cloth. Intramuscular injection of painkillers immediately after hoof repair, and injection again on the third day. Use for 3 days. Review once a week and make detailed records.

 

interdigital cellulitis

 

Symptoms:

Toe subcutaneous acute diffuse suppurative inflammation, heat pain is obvious, claudication is obvious, often accompanied by limited joint activity, and often form 1 to several suppurative fistula.

Standard Prescription:

1.4 million units of penicillin sodium and 30-40ml of 0.5 procaine hydrochloride are injected intramuscularly at 3-4 points slightly above the swollen part once a day for 3-5 days.

2. Local treatment: Use hoof pliers to press the bottom of the hoof to check whether there is any obvious pain point at the bottom of the hoof. If there is any obvious pain point and the cutin at the bottom of the hoof becomes soft and discolored, the hoof should be repaired. First, disinfect the hoof bottom with 5% iodine tincture, and dig and cut the discolored and softened cutin of the hoof bottom with a disinfected hoof digging knife. When reaching the hoof dermis, foul-smelling purulent exudate can be discharged. Rinse with hydrogen peroxide → rinse with normal saline → wash with penicillin powder → bandage with loose distillate oil. When there is purulent foci or fistula in the department, it should be washed → necrotic tissue and thick juice should be removed → Wei's flow plaster gauze strip should be filled in the pus cavity, and the medicine should be changed once every two days.

 

skin increment between toes

 

Symptoms:

Tongue-like protrusion is formed in the gap between the two toes, increasing and thickening, extending between the two fingers and toes to the heel of the two hooves, and the surface is infected by the friction of the ground. Severe cause of limp.

Standard Prescription:

1.4 million units of penicillin sodium and 30-40ml of 0.5 procaine hydrochloride are injected intramuscularly at 3-4 points slightly above the swollen part once a day for 3-5 days.

2. Local treatment: Use hoof pliers to press the bottom of the hoof to check whether there is any obvious pain point at the bottom of the hoof. If there is any obvious pain point and the cutin at the bottom of the hoof becomes soft and discolored, the hoof should be repaired. First, disinfect the hoof bottom with 5% iodine tincture, and dig and cut the discolored and softened cutin of the hoof bottom with a disinfected hoof digging knife. When reaching the hoof dermis, foul-smelling purulent exudate can be discharged. Rinse with hydrogen peroxide → rinse with normal saline → wash with penicillin powder → bandage with loose distillate oil. When there is purulent foci or fistula in the department, it should be washed → necrotic tissue and thick juice should be removed → Wei's flow plaster gauze strip should be filled in the pus cavity, and the medicine should be changed once every two days.

 

Corneous erosion at the bottom of the hoof

 

Symptoms:

The cutin at the bottom of the hoof or the heel of the hoof turns black. After the cutin rots, it forms a deep pit and gradually spreads to the surrounding area. The cutin fences are filled with soil and manure, but there is no obvious limp because it does not extend to the dermis.

Standard Prescription:

① Remove all the rotten cutin at the bottom of the hoof with a hoof cutting knife or hoof digging knife, and thoroughly dig out the stuffed soil and dung to remove the rotten cutin at the bottom of the hoof and form a fresh surface.

② Where there is stratification or submersion in the bottom of the hoof, the outer separated cutin should be removed.

③ Fill the bottom of hoof with pine distillate oil and bandage the bottom of hoof.

 

The hoof-fixing version can be pasted on the bottom of the hoof, and the cow can reduce and restore hoof disease.

 

Foot suppuration

 

Symptoms:

The local erosion of the stratum corneum at the base of the hoof and spread to the dermis of the hoof, the sick hoof dare not bear weight, and the limp is moderate to severe limp. When carrying the step, the tip of the hoof is lightly loaded or dare not to load.

Standard Prescription:

① Wash and disinfect hooves with 0.1% bromogerone.

② 5% iodine tincture disinfects hoof bottom.

③ Remove the rotten cutin at the bottom of the hoof with a hoof cutting knife or hoof digging knife, and dig deep to the dermis at the bottom of the hoof.

④ Fully exclude the inflammatory exudate of the dermis at the bottom of the hoof.

⑤ Flush the infected part of the dermis at the bottom of the hoof with hydrogen peroxide.

⑥ Rinse again with normal saline.

⑦ Apply loose distillate oil absorbent cotton externally.

⑧ Hoof bandage.

Intramuscular injection of painkillers. Once a day for 5 days.

Change the medicine and hoof bandage every 3-4 days.

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verrucous dermatitis

 

Symptoms:

It is a ringworm disease caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes. Long white hairs grow between the two hoof balls, and local skin inflammatory exudation, and then grow strawberry-like organisms between the two hoof balls. Local infected exudates are coal tar color and stench. The last two hoof balls atrophy, hoof deformation, toe erect severe limp.

Standard Prescription:

① Strengthen the cleaning and disinfection of feces in bed, dung path and milking channel.

② hoof bath on the milking passage of lactating cows: 5% Sinohoof bath, once a day for four consecutive days during the onset of the disease. After three days of rest and then four days in a row.

③ Dry cows and perinatal cows, spray the hoof with 5% cino hoof, once a day for four consecutive days. After three days of rest and then four days in a row. When spraying the hoof, pay attention to the ball of the hoof.

④ Hooves repair: first clean the hoof bulb, then disinfect the hoof bulb with 5% iodine tincture, remove the hoof bulb with disinfection hoof digging knife or scalpel, then disinfect the wound with 5% iodine tincture, apply loose distillate oil absorbent cotton and hoof bandage on the wound surface, and freely spread on the dry sports field.

⑤ Postoperative: 3-4 days daily intramuscular injection of penicillin 1 times, can also be used painkillers intramuscular injection, twice a day. Pay attention to change the bandage and dressing once on the 3rd to 4th day after operation.

 

contusion of hoof floor

 

Symptoms:

Excessive abrasion of cutin at the bottom of the cow's hoof and thinning cutin at the bottom of the hoof; or when the cow's hoof is soaked in excrement and urine for a long time and the cutin at the bottom of the hoof becomes soft, the cow mistakenly steps on stones or hard protruding objects on the ground during exercise, resulting in contusion of the dermis at the bottom of the hoof. It causes exudation and congestion of the dermis at the base of the hoof and a moderate to severe lameness.

Standard Prescription:

① Keep the dung and milking channel on the health, timely removal of accumulated dung water.

②Rubber mat shall be laid on the milking channel.

③ For cattle with hoof floor contusion, Medajia 15ml/time can be injected intramuscularly, once every 3 days, and can be cured by 2-3 times.

④ Tie bandage at the bottom of the hoof once a day for 3 days.

 

white line crack

 

Symptoms:

The dividing line between the cuticle of the hoof wall and the cuticle at the base of the hoof forms a white line, which is the dividing mark between the cutin of the hoof wall and the dermis of the hoof wall. In the case of poor hoof protection, the white line splits cause infection of the hoof dermis and show moderate to severe lameness.

Standard Prescription:

① Keep the milking channel and dung channel sanitary and clear the accumulated dung water in time.

② Niu Baoding is on the hoof table.

③ Wash the diseased hoof bottom with 5% Sinoe hoof water.

④ disinfect hoof bottom with 5% iodine tincture.

⑤ Use a sterilized hoof-digging knife to dig and cut the cuticle at the cracked part of the hoof white line to reveal the dermis at the bottom of the hoof.

⑥ Exclude the accumulation of inflammatory exudate in the fundus of the hoof.

⑦ Rinse with hydrogen peroxide, and then rinse with physiological saline.

⑧ Apply absorbent cotton with loose distillate oil and make hoof bandage.

 

Joint sprain, joint transition injury

 

Causes and symptoms:

The collision of the front baffle in bed or the limb stuck under the baffle, the collision or clamping of the forelimb at the neck clamp; The hind limb is injured on the wall, suddenly slips to the ground during running, or the collision of the dung truck, etc.

When the joint is subjected to external blunt violence, local skin and subcutaneous tissue or ligament non-open injury; when the joint suddenly occurs excessive extension, flexion, external rotation or internal rotation, so that the joint ligament and joint capsule injury.

① Limp immediately after injury.

② He moved the injured joint, with local heat, swelling and pain.

③ after the onset of not timely treatment can be converted to chronic, causing chronic hyperplasia around the joints, joint deformation, joint activity is limited.

Standard Prescription:

① Identify the injured joint immediately.

② immediately with Andrés wet bandage diseased joints, bandages should always maintain a wet state, give full play to the role of drug penetration. Replace once a day.

③ Medajia Injection, 20ml/time, intramuscular injection, once every 3 days.

④ For chronic cattle with periarticular hyperplasia, the following treatment can be used:

0.5% procaine hydrochloride 20-60ml; Penicillin sodium 320-4 million units; Prednisone acetate 250mg; Seal the affected part once every 2-3 days.

 

Fractures of the limbs and waist

 

Symptoms:

The characteristic symptoms of fracture: limb deformation after fracture, abnormal activity, bone friction sound.

Other symptoms after fracture: swelling, pain and dysfunction.

Diagnosis of fracture: fracture of the lower extremity of the limbs can be determined according to the specific symptoms of the fracture, but the upper extremity, especially the hip and pelvic fractures, can be diagnosed by rectal examination. Fractures of the lumbar spine often present with paraplegia.

Standard Prescription:

Proposed elimination