Control method of cattle lice

Cattle lice is an external parasitic disease that often occurs in cattle in winter and spring. Larvae and adults suck blood on the body surface of cattle, resulting in anemia or malnutrition in cattle, causing unrest in cattle, thus seriously affecting the growth, development and health of cattle, among which blood-sucking lice are more common and harmful. Let's take a look at the prevention and control methods of cattle lice.

Symptoms of cattle lice

The performance of sick cattle is uneasy, feeding and rest are affected, weight loss, decreased milk yield of dairy cows, calves often lick the affected part due to itching, which can cause hair-eating addiction, which can form hair balls in the stomach for a long time, affecting appetite and digestive function and other serious diseases. Hair lice have a severe itch in the case of severe infection, and the affected cattle show restlessness, friction, and affect feeding and rest.

Prevention of cattle lice

Factors such as intensive feeding, poor hygiene in barns and cattle, high humidity and changing hair in autumn and winter are beneficial to the growth and reproduction of cattle lice and promote its transmission and infection. In order to prevent cattle lice, we should strengthen feeding management, environmental disinfection, cattle cleaning, regular inspection, timely isolation of diseased cattle with cow lice, and quarantine and quarantine inspection of newly introduced cattle.

Treatment of cattle lice

1. 0.5% or 1% trichlorfon aqueous solution was sprayed on the cow.

2. Sulfur powder is spread directly to the cattle.

3. Ivermectin is 200 micrograms per kilogram of body weight, mixed into 1% solution and injected subcutaneously.