Treatment of gastroenteritis in cattle with traditional Chinese medicine

Gastroenteritis is a severe inflammatory process of gastrointestinal surface mucosa and its deep tissue. As the anatomical structure and physiological function of stomach and intestine are closely related, the organic injury and dysfunction of stomach or intestine are easy to affect each other. Therefore, the inflammation of stomach and intestine often occurs at the same time or one after another. The author uses traditional Chinese medicine to treat bovine gastroenteritis with good effect, which is introduced as follows.

Pathogeny

The occurrence of bovine gastroenteritis is mainly related to improper feeding and management. Poor quality forage, such as moldy hay, frozen rotten roots and grass, moldy and deteriorated silage, as well as poisonous plants and chemicals are common pathogenic factors. In addition, malnutrition, overweight service, long-distance transportation can also lead to reduced body resistance, gastrointestinal dysfunction and disease.

Clinical symptoms

Lethargy, loss of appetite or abstinence, eye conjunctiva first flushed and then yellow, diarrhea such as pulp, feces smelly and with blood and mucous membrane, gradually thin and weak, dry mouth, shortness of breath, thick asthma, pulse count.

Treatment

Prescription: Baitouweng 80g, Sanguisorba officinalis, Flos Sophorae, Coptis chinensis 45g each, water decoction, 1 dose a day, 2-3 doses.

Typical case

Case 1 A buffalo in Jinji Village of this town fell ill in March 2004 and was not cured by the village veterinarian for 3 days. The animal owner came to the station to seek treatment. Examination: lethargy, loss of appetite, visible mucous membrane slightly yellow, dilute stool, faeces smelly and with blood and mucous membrane. Diagnosed as gastroenteritis. It was cured with 3 doses of prescription.

Case 2 A buffalo from the village of Sanli in this town came to the station to seek medical treatment in April 2003. Examination: lethargic, visible mucosal flush, loose stool, smelly feces with blood and mucous membrane. Diagnosed as gastroenteritis. The patients were cured with 2 doses of prescription.

Summary

1. Gastroenteritis, which is mainly characterized by diarrhea, smelly feces and blood and mucous membrane, belongs to heat-toxic human blood type. Western medicine treatment is not cured for a long time, sometimes good or bad. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment should be heat-clearing and detoxification, cooling blood to stop dysentery, cooling blood to stop bleeding.

2. Prevention: strengthen feeding and management, pay attention to the quality of forage, reasonable epidemic, regular enclosure and animal body disinfection.