Prevention and treatment of enteritis in cultured turtles

1. Symptoms

In the initial stage, the diseased tortoise is lethargic, anorexia, feces is not shaped, in severe cases, it is egg white, black or pig liver color, and there is vomiting during artificial feeding; in the later stage, the eyeballs are sunken, the skin is dry and relaxed, inelastic, no luster, and finally die of failure. An autopsy of the dead turtle showed gastrointestinal inflammation and hyperemia. The disease occurs frequently in early spring, and the causes are great changes in environmental humidity, deterioration of feed and poor living environment.

2. Prevention and control methods

Prevention and treatment of turtle enteritis should give priority to prevention, prevention is more important than treatment.

(1) do a good job in cleaning and disinfecting turtle ponds, apply quicklime 50kg to 75kg per mu before stocking, and sprinkle 125g quicklime pulp per square meter on the spawning ground. Turtle ponds or containers, old or new, should be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected before releasing turtles.

(2) to improve the water quality of the turtle pond, the water body of the turtle pond should be kept clean, clear and transparent at ordinary times; the turtle pond should be sprinkled with 40 grams of quicklime per square meter of water, twice a month; remove sundries and excreta from the water to strictly prevent the deterioration of water quality.

(3) to strengthen the feeding and management of feed requirements for fresh, clean, do not feed spoiled food; usually according to the different eating habits of turtle varieties, often change feed types, in order to maintain the strong appetite of turtles; to regularly, positioning, qualitative, quantitative feeding, timely removal of residual bait, so as not to pollute the water quality; pay attention to weather changes, keep the turtle pond from freezing in winter and prevent summer heat.

(4) Chinese herbal medicine prevention from May to September, feed Dijincao solution every 2 days, 150 grams of brocade grass hay or 700 grams of fresh grass every 50 kg turtle weight, fry juice to remove dregs, mix it into feed after cooling.

(5) treatment method ① found that diseased turtles should be isolated as soon as possible to avoid infection. 5 grams of ② Coptis chinensis, 5 grams of plantain, 6 grams of purslane, 3 grams of dandelion, add proper amount of water, simmer for 2 hours, take juice to remove dregs, mix well with chopped pig lungs (cow and sheep lungs) 500g and feed on the table for 3 days. ③ if the sick tortoise has lost its appetite, it can be injected with berberine, or Houttuynia cordata injection, or andrographis paniculata injection according to 0.5ml per 100g. After the appetite is restored, the above medicine can be taken instead.