Prevention and treatment of secret knot in newborn calves with weak bowel sound

Newborn calves secret knot, also known as meconium stagnation, meconium does not fall. Under normal circumstances, calves defecate meconium within a few hours after eating colostrum, because colostrum is rich in magnesium salt, which can stimulate intestinal peristalsis, has the effect of light diarrhea and promotes meconium excretion by itself. If the calf has not excreted meconium for more than one day and has abdominal pain, it is meconium secret knot. If it is not dealt with as soon as possible, it will easily lead to self-poisoning and death of calves.

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The cause of the disease: improper management during pregnancy, lack of nutrition, especially poor eating, poor nutrition and less drinking water in the late pregnancy, so that postpartum colostrum is insufficient and poor quality, or calves can not eat colostrum for other reasons; newborn calves, congenital dysplasia, weak physique, or digestive tract diseases; failure to provide adequate drinking water, or milk instead of water, can cause secret knot of newborn calves.

Clinical symptoms: the sick calf has abdominal pain and restlessness, arched back, tail lifting, nudity, moaning, protruding anus, looking back at the abdomen or kicking, etc., there are dry and hard dung in the rectum, the sick calf is lethargic, the mouth is dry, the tongue is red, the intestinal sound is weakened, do not feed, the whole body is weak, and the cow is weak. If you are not treated in time, you can die of poisoning.

Preventive measures: cows need to be improved in late pregnancy to ensure that calves can eat enough and high-quality colostrum after birth. For weak calves, artificial sucking colostrum should be assisted to prevent secret knot.

Treatment:

Enema knot: use warm soapy water for superficial rectal enema, insert the rubber tube into the rectum about 10cm depth, in order to discharge superficial feces; then insert the rubber tube into 30~40cm deep and pour soapy water. If necessary, irrigate once more after 2-3 hours.

Runchang Paijie: take 300 ml of liquid paraffin or vegetable oil at a time.

Dredge the intestines: take 50 grams of sodium sulfate, add 500 ml of warm water, add 50 ml of vegetable oil, 2 grams of egg white, and pour it once after mixing.

Take out the knot with your hands: first cut your fingernails and take out the dung lumps with oiled fingers, but the action should be slow, so as not to damage the intestinal mucosa, and then cooperate with intestinal irrigation for 2 times, the effect is better.

Stimulate intestinal peristalsis: intramuscular injection of strychnine sulfate 3 ml 6 ml, or 3% hydrogen peroxide solution 200 ml 300 ml.

Prescription: use 75 grams of honey and 75 grams of soap horn, boil over low heat, stir constantly, until brown and smoke slightly, do the rod of growing 15cm and send it into the rectum of diseased calves.

Symptomatic treatment: if calves have severe abdominal pain, analgesics can be used to relieve symptoms. For those with severe dehydration, to prevent poisoning and dehydration of calves, intravenous or intraperitoneal injection of normal saline or sugar saline 300ml 500ml and 20% Ananaka injection 5ml 10ml.

Surgical treatment: for the intractable constipation of deep intestines of calves which are ineffective by the above-mentioned methods, laparotomy can be performed to crush the faeces or take out the feces.