Prevention and treatment of bovine hoof disease

With the rapid development of animal husbandry in recent years, cattle farms and individual cattle farmers have increased significantly, and cow hoof disease is a common, frequent and long-term disease. Let's take a look at the causes, clinical symptoms and treatment of cow hoof disease.

Clinical symptoms of bovine hoof disease

The injured part is bleeding and swollen, and then the affected skin is moist and eroded, and foul-smelling secretions are discharged. Too long time can cause local thickening, the formation of ulcers, there are often more purulent secretions under the crusts. The skin and subcutaneous tissue are invaded, the skin is highly hypertrophic, and the surface forms an uneven nipple. Characterized by fragile and fragile, bleeding, the discharge of foul-smelling purulent secretions.

Causes of bovine hoof disease

1. The enclosure is not clean and wet, and the cow's hoof is soaked in feces and urine for a long time.

2. Long-distance transportation, transfer of barns, friction of ropes, stimulation of sharp objects, such as scratches of glass and wire, mutual trampling of cattle, etc.

3. The hooves of cattle are affected by external mechanical forces or chemical factors, resulting in skin damage and loss of protective ability.

Treatment of bovine hoof disease

1. Remove the cause, keep the affected part clean, reduce the stimulation of secretion, promote the dissipation of inflammation, and pay attention to hoof care. Shearing the affected part, wash it with soapy water or bromogeramine, and adopt different treatment measures according to different conditions.

2, at the beginning of the disease with anti-corrosion, convergence and anti-exudation drugs, can be coated with gentian purple, 1% potassium permanganate solution, fresh Chuangke iodine tincture and bandage.

3. For suppurative cases, 3% hydrogen peroxide, or 1% potassium permanganate and bromogeramine solution can be used to rinse thoroughly to remove necrotic tissue and purulent secretions. After applying antibiotic ointment, the affected part is wrapped with bandages soaked in iodine tincture.

4. When the affected tissue is ulcerated and the skin tissue is over-proliferated, the necrotic tissue can be removed first, the excessive proliferation can be removed, and the powder of potassium permanganate or 10% copper sulfate can be used for corrosion, so as to achieve the purpose of hemostasis, anti-inflammation and convergence. Burn to stop bleeding when excessive bleeding is necessary.

5. in addition to local therapy, attention should be paid to systemic symptoms. When there is obvious dysfunction in the affected part, analgesic drugs can be injected intramuscularly with procaine penicillin, or calcium chloride can be used. Traditional Chinese medicine can also be used to treat 10% of Guangdan, 20 grams of anti-inflammatory powder, 0.2 grams of borneol, 5 grams of blood, 2 grams of myrrh, 2 grams of frankincense, a little musk, mixed and sifted, applied to clean the wound and bandaged.