Prevention and treatment of obesity in lambs with dyspnea and sudden death

Mutton lamb obesity, also known as lamb obesity, is a metabolic disease of lambs. Lamb obesity often occurs in obese lambs that are one and a half to two months old and have a strong feed intake.

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The cause of the disease: feeding a large amount of corn containing carbohydrates to the lambs that can be eaten at the beginning, the feed is single, which affects the metabolism of the lambs, coupled with the lack of adequate exercise of the lambs for a long time, which makes the lambs too fat. Special house feeding lambs, or from grazing to house feeding, destroy the metabolism of lambs. A large amount of carbohydrate feed eaten by lambs will be rapidly decomposed into organic acids and carbon dioxide, resulting in an increase in the concentration of acid in the blood, resulting in serious dysfunction of the central nervous system, and toxic symptoms such as excitement and inhibition in the lambs. eventually died of respiratory and heartbeat paralysis due to hypoxia.

Main symptoms: sudden onset, foam saliva flow in the corner of the mouth, shortness of breath, conjunctival cyanosis, rapid heartbeat, slightly high body temperature, late neurological symptoms, restless standing, sometimes chirping, jumping forward, and abdominal pain. The course of the disease is sharp, the most acute onset, about 10 to 20 minutes of death, slower, one hour of death.

Treatment: the disease has acute onset and quick death, and needs timely treatment. The treatment is as follows:

1. 0.1% cardiotonic sodium plus injection, subcutaneously or intramuscularly, according to the body weight of the lamb, subcutaneous injection of 2-3 ml. 2. Intravenous injection of 300,500ml 5% glucose saline or 0.9% normal saline. 3. Intravenous injection of 5% sodium bicarbonate 20: 30 ml. 4. Subcutaneous injection of 200,300 milliliters of 0.9% normal saline or sugar saline.

Precautionary measures:

1 the concentrate for lambs should be diversified, and the feed should be strictly prevented from being single. In particular, feed rich in carbohydrates, such as corn, should be strictly controlled. Lambs should be fed regularly and quantitatively with diets, and should be fed many times, and should be fed with hay and juicy drinks. Free salt collection, supplement of trace elements and multi-vitamins to ensure adequate drinking water for lambs, strengthen exercise and increase sunshine time.

(2) strengthen the lamb movement during lactation. For lambs born more than half a month, do outdoor exercise on a sunny and windless day. Preferably at noon, the exercise time is gradually extended. Through exercise, it can promote digestion and metabolism, enhance the physique of lambs, and strictly prevent lamb obesity.