How to prevent and cure toxoplasmosis in pigs and cats? What are the specific symptoms?

Whether it is farming or raising pets, the most fear is that there are all kinds of diseases, and toxoplasmosis is one of them, so how to prevent pigs and cats from being infected with toxoplasmosis? What are the specific symptoms?

What is toxoplasmosis?

1. Scope and cause of infection of Toxoplasma gondii

Toxoplasma gondii, also known as Toxoplasma gondii, is a zoonotic disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii. It is widely parasitic in the nucleated cells of humans and animals. Patients with tumors, immune defects and congenital defects are easy to suffer from toxoplasmosis. Eyes, brain, heart, liver, lymph nodes and other parts are common sites.

two。 Examination method of toxoplasmosis

Etiological examination, detection of specific nucleic acid by PCR method, serological diagnosis.

Second, what are the specific symptoms of toxoplasmosis?

In general, the specific symptoms of human and animal infection with toxoplasmosis are different, here is a brief introduction.

1. Symptoms of human toxoplasmosis

General human infection is divided into congenital and acquired two kinds, the former is the newborn infant infection will appear retinal choroiditis, strabismus, blindness, epilepsy, psychomotor or mental retardation and other symptoms; the latter's clinical manifestations are high fever, macular papules, myalgia, joint pain, headache, vomiting, delirium, and acute lymphadenitis, encephalitis, myocarditis, pneumonia, hepatitis, gastroenteritis and so on. And people with immune deficiency, such as dwarfs, organ transplants and malignant tumors, are more likely to be infected.

If you want to prevent and cure, you should pay attention not to eat cooked meat and food, wash vegetables thoroughly before eating, clean hands, chopping boards and kitchen knives that have come into contact with raw meat, and pregnant women should do a good pregnancy test to reduce contact time with pets. After contact, clean and disinfect pet droppings and nests.

two。 Symptoms of toxoplasmosis in animals

Pigs infected with toxoplasmosis will suddenly give up food, body temperature rises to more than 41 ℃, and accompanied by shortness of breath, abdominal or dog sitting breathing; clear nose; serous or purulent secretions in the eyes. Often appear constipation, showing granular feces, external mucus, some pigs in the late onset of diarrhea, urine is orange. Vomiting occurred in a few cases. Suffering from pig mental depression, significantly weakened. Neurological symptoms and hindlimb paralysis appeared several days after the onset of the disease. With the development of the disease, purple erythema or small spot bleeding appeared in the ear wing, nasal tip, lower limb, medial thigh, lower abdomen and so on. On the other hand, some patients form crusts on the ear shell, and dry necrosis occurs on the tip of the ear.

The symptoms of toxoplasmosis in cats are somewhat different. in general, there are neurological symptoms in kittens with elevated body temperature, dysentery, dyspnea and pneumonia, while adult cats are mostly infected with parasites, usually in the lungs, liver, spleen, lymph nodes, heart muscle, brain and so on. there will be symptoms of diarrhea at the initial stage.

How to prevent and cure toxoplasmosis in pigs and cats?

1. Most cats carry Toxoplasma gondii, so avoid cats entering the pig house, and pig breeders should avoid direct contact with cats. They can use sulfadiazine (SD) 70 mg / kg body weight and pyrimethamine 6 mg / kg body weight in combination, twice a day (double for the first time) for 3-5 days, and SMM 60 mg, intramuscularly, once a day for 3-5 days. Synergistic sulfamethoxine (containing 2% trimethoprim) 0.2ml, intramuscular injection once a day for 3-5 days, and sulfamethoxazole (SMZ) 100mg, once a day for 2-3 days.

two。 The prevention and treatment of cats should be checked regularly to avoid contact with other cats' feces and half-cooked meat, and cats' bedpans should be disinfected regularly, and it is best to wear gloves when disinfecting.

These are all the contents introduced by the editor of Tuliu.com. Friends who raise cats at home must pay attention to them.