What symptom does sheep pox disease have? How to prevent and cure it?

Sheep pox, also known as sheep smallpox, is an acute, febrile, contagious disease of sheep caused by sheep pox virus. In serious cases, the disease may be transmitted to people, causing great harm. What are the symptoms of sheep pox disease? How to prevent and cure it?

What are the symptoms of sheep pox disease?

There are many causes of sheep pox disease, such as improper feeding and management, seasonal causes, vaccine factors, parasite causes and human factors, etc. Improper breeding is often due to poor hygiene and high feeding density in sheep sheeps. lack of timely cleaning of feces leads to bacterial breeding and disease, and failure to isolate the diseased sheep leads to the rapid spread of the disease. The seasonal reason is that the sheep pox virus has strong resistance to dryness and cold, so it begins to reproduce actively in winter and early spring. The vaccine factor refers to the fact that sheep are usually vaccinated in order to prevent the occurrence of sheep pox disease. However, if the vaccine is not stored properly, it will invalidate the vaccine and become infected with the disease. The vaccine is stored at a low temperature below 0 degrees Celsius, and the parasite means that some parasites will carry the sheep pox virus. If there is no timely deworming will weaken the resistance of sheep to the disease, human factors are related to vaccine factors, if the vaccine is not disinfected in accordance with the regulations or improper injection location and methods will also lead to the failure of the vaccine to make sheep infected with the disease.

The sheep pox virus can lurk in diseased sheep for about a week. At the onset of the disease, the body temperature of the diseased sheep can obviously increase to 41-42 degrees and appear depression, rapid heartbeat and breathing, loss of appetite or not eating, reduced activity or standing on the back, etc. after tears flow from the corners of the eyes, purulent secretions begin to flow from the eyes and nose gradually, while the milk production of ewes decreases or stops after the disease, and some sheep are accompanied by a slight cough after the disease. Papules begin to appear on the body surface and gradually turn into blisters, and finally blisters break and appear large brown crusts. The disease spreads very quickly and the course of the disease is about half a month. Serious cases can die within two or three weeks. Pregnant ewes will have miscarriage and stillbirth after illness, and the mortality rate of lambs is very high.

Second, how to prevent and cure sheep pox disease?

It is necessary to increase feeding management to put an end to the introduction of sheep breeds in epidemic areas, and when introducing new sheep, we should first isolate, observe and take epidemic prevention measures before putting them into the flock, usually do a good job of sanitary disinfection in sheep houses to reduce pathogens, and vaccinate sheep regularly. Vaccination procedures must be strictly observed when vaccination, and diseased sheep should be isolated in time after diseases are found. Then clean the pox area of the diseased sheep with 1% saline solution or 0.1% potassium permanganate after comprehensive disinfection, and then smear it with iodine glycerin or a mixture composed of propolis, alcohol and Yunnan Baiyao, 2-3 times a day. If the phenomenon of rupture occurs, intramuscular injection can be used, while intravenous injection of 500 ml 5% glucose solution can be used in severe cases, with excellent results.

Summary: the above is about the symptoms of sheep pox disease and prevention and treatment methods related to the introduction, I hope to help friends in need!