How to prevent and cure the foot rot disease of dairy cows

Hoof rot is a very common disease, especially in animals such as domestic animals. Once suffering from this disease, it is very difficult to cure, and the condition is relatively bad, and there will be some rotten hoof phenomena, including dyskinesia and symptoms of loss of appetite and claudication, so the harm to cows is very great, and the impact on the production performance of dairy cows is very great, so how to treat this disease? Let's take a look at it with Shuai Shuai.

1. Etiology

1. Most of the hoof rot disease of dairy cows is caused by lack of nutrition, which is also the internal factor of this disease, such as low quality feed and too much concentrate feed, etc., if the rumen PH value is too low, the cow will have chronic acid poisoning, which will lead to foot rot disease. In addition, some factors of this medicine are also very influential. For example, the nutrient content of local soil and feed, lack of iodine and zinc and vitamin An in the farm will cause the occurrence of foot rot.

2. The breeding environment is not good, the sanitation is not in place, and the moisture in the cow bed and cattle movement area is too heavy, resulting in the environment being too humid. If hygiene is not done well, in this case, bacterial growth and virus transmission are the most serious, and faeces should be cleaned up in time.

3. There may be some things on the farm and cow bed that will hurt the cow's hoof, such as screws and wire. Try to reduce such things, otherwise cutting the skin will cause germs to enter the cow's hoof through the wound. There are some pathogenic bacteria that can cause hoof rot, such as streptococci, staphylococci and other fungi.

Second, symptoms

1. After suffering from this disease, cows will walk with lameness, and the number of crippled cattle should be observed. if it is only an individual, it is likely to be cut by some nails or wire.

2. After suffering from rotten hoof disease, the whole cow's hoof will swell, causing the whole hoof to become red and swollen, and there will be pus if it decays.

3. Sick cattle will have a rise in body temperature and loss of appetite, weight loss, and emaciation.

III. Prevention and treatment

This disease should be discovered as soon as possible, because the pathogen multiplies and spreads quickly, so the sooner it is discovered, the better, to avoid its deterioration. Generally, if it is treated the next day after the disease, it only takes three or four days to recover. If the treatment is delayed for three days, it will take seven days for treatment, and it will take 10 to 12 days for full recovery. First, the cattle with lameness should be examined and bandaged after the injury on the cow's hoof is removed. Then use penicillin oxytetracycline and streptomycin and other drugs to inject sick cattle, continuous use for 3-5 days, so as to maintain the drug concentration in the blood and ensure the efficacy.

The above is the prevention and treatment of hoof rot in dairy cows, have you learned it? Usually to observe the activities of cows, once found abnormal should be dealt with in time, the cowbed and cow activity space should be timely inspection, must ensure that there are no foreign bodies, I hope this article can help you.