Can moldy feed still be given to livestock? Farmers lost more than a dozen cows after feeding! (with treatment plan)

Raising livestock corn is a very common feed in rural areas. sometimes it will make corn damp and moldy because of the weather. I can't bear to throw away my own hard-growing corn, and some of it will be used to continue to feed livestock, so can moldy feed still be given to livestock? Farmers lost more than a dozen cows after feeding! (with treatment plan)

Can moldy feed still be given to livestock?

Do not feed domestic animals with moldy or spoiled leftovers or feed. This is because the toxic substances in moldy and deteriorated leftovers or feed will accumulate in large amounts in the bodies of poultry and livestock, which not only affects the growth and development of poultry and livestock, but also affects the growth and development of poultry and livestock. It will also endanger your own health because of toxic substances entering the human body.

Second, farmers lost more than a dozen cows after feeding!

Due to improper storage, there was a serious mildew of a bag of corn, which felt a pity to throw away, so Lao Wang mixed it into the feed to feed the cattle. I am afraid that after feeding something wrong, the mixing amount will be relatively small, and I will only feed about 10 or 20 jin of moldy corn every day. He didn't have any symptoms two days ago, so Lao Wang mixed all the remaining corn into the feed.

The problem came on the third day, when some cattle developed symptoms such as loss of appetite, cessation of rumination and diarrhea. Lao Wang felt that there was no big problem, and it would be all right if he no longer fed moldy corn. But on the fourth day, the whole herd basically had similar symptoms, and even serious symptoms such as molars, turning circles, hind legs kicking in the abdomen and so on.

Lao Wang felt that the matter was a little serious and found a number of veterinarians to make a unanimous diagnosis of acute aflatoxin poisoning.

Treatment scheme

Due to the large number of sick cattle, many of our veterinarians work together for treatment, but no one is sure. After discussing the best treatment plan together, we began to treat the diseased cattle.

1. Clean up the gastrointestinal contents. Stop feeding any forage, use 0.1% potassium permanganate solution enema, gastric lavage, and then take magnesium sulfate to relieve diarrhea.

Extension of cattle raising technology: it is better to use magnesium sulfate or sodium sulfate to relieve diarrhea when there is more gastrointestinal water, and paraffin oil and other oils are better when there is less gastrointestinal water and more forage.

2. Cattle with neurological symptoms such as molars and circles are given sedation and antispasmodic.

3. Attention should be paid to cardiotonic fluid replacement, electrolyte balance, liver and kidney protection and control of secondary infection during treatment. 10% ANCA injection 30ml, normal saline 1500 ml, 5% glucose injection 1500 ml, 50% glucose injection 500ml, vitamin C injection 50ml, vitamin K3 injection 50ml, adenosine triphosphate 150mg, inosine 1.5g, tetracycline 8 million units, intravenous injection, once a day. At the same time, oral nystatin 3-5 grams.

After two days and two nights of continuous struggle, the overall condition of the cattle stabilized, but in the end, eight cattle still died, and there were still five or six cows to be eliminated.

Moldy feed must not be fed to cattle!

No matter forage or concentrate, do not feed cattle when mildew is visible to the naked eye. Of course, many cattle farmers feel distressed about the waste of feed, like Lao Wang mixed with a small amount to feed cattle. Although this may not necessarily lead to acute fungal poisoning, it will still occur when a certain amount of mycotoxin accumulates in cattle. Cattle will have symptoms such as reduced feed intake, slow growth, malnutrition, dull coat, reverse standing and cracked nose.

Although mildew is not visible to the naked eye in most feeds, some mildew spots can still be observed through a magnifying glass or microscope. Cattle farmers should add mildew remover to their feed to reduce the effect of mycotoxin on cattle health and growth as much as possible.