Symptoms and solutions of foot-and-mouth disease in cattle, sheep and pigs

In the breeding of livestock, the farmers of cattle and sheep are now more and more year after year, and the breeding and management of cattle and sheep is also a relatively troublesome one, and there are more and more breeding problems, and there are different diseases and symptoms in different seasons. Some diseases give some farmers a headache, and foot-and-mouth disease is one of them, so how to prevent and cure foot-and-mouth disease? Next Shuai Shuai will tell you about it!

I. characteristics and symptoms of foot-and-mouth disease

Foot-and-mouth disease mainly affects cloven-hoofed animals such as cattle, sheep and pigs, and the disease is highly contagious. once it enters the bloodstream through the body of cattle and sheep, it will cause the temperature of cattle and sheep to rise to more than 40 degrees, loss of appetite, lack of spirit and other symptoms, and then small blisters will grow in the mouth and between toes and nipples, and slowly these blisters will be linked together to form a large area of collapse. There is a lot of liquid coming out of the mouth, and the sound of breathing can be heard clearly.

II. Prevention and control measures

1. Preventive injection

Generally speaking, in places where foot-and-mouth disease occurs, cattle and sheep should be vaccinated, and all cattle and sheep should be vaccinated. It can take effect two weeks after injection, and the immunization period can be reached for four to six months. The immunization time is very long. If foot-and-mouth disease occurs, it should be treated in time, and the diseased animals should be locked up to prevent it from spreading to other sheep and quarantined. Divide the sick and non-sick into several areas and do a good job of disinfection and sterilization.

2. Isolation treatment

Diseased animals found to be suffering from foot-and-mouth disease and similar to foot-and-mouth disease should be quarantined in time, raised and managed in designated places, and special people should be invited to monitor the diseased animals, and preventive measures should be taken for cattle and sheep without symptoms of the disease. vaccinate them, and then disinfect articles and appliances that have been contaminated before using sodium hydroxide and 10% lime water. Moreover, sick cattle and sheep cannot be slaughtered and eaten, and their fur must be disinfected and sterilized. Feces must be fermented before they can be used as fertilizer, and the place where the sick animals have stayed can only be inhabited by healthy cattle and sheep after two months.

The above is the treatment of foot-and-mouth disease in cattle, sheep and pigs. Usually, we should observe more of its behavior and behavior. Once abnormal reactions and symptoms are found, prevention and treatment should be carried out in time, and the scope of prevention and treatment of infection will be wider. I hope this article can help everyone.