Prevention and treatment of common diseases in mutton sheep

In recent years, with the increase of market demand, the sheep industry is also developing continuously, but it is also accompanied by the occurrence of sheep disease, especially the highly contagious disease, which is extremely contagious. Once it occurs, it can quickly infect the whole sheep, and the mortality rate is extremely high. To sheep farmers caused huge economic losses. The following pro-agricultural network brings the characteristics and prevention and treatment methods of several common diseases of mutton sheep. Let's take a look.

1. Rapid epidemic of sheep

Fast plague of sheep is an acute infectious disease caused by juvenile bacteria passing through the digestive system. Its onset is extremely fast and the course of the disease is short. It often dies without showing any clinical symptoms, which is the origin of its name. If the course of the disease is slightly slow, such as less exercise, unwilling to walk, diarrhea, molar convulsions and so on, you can die within a few minutes to a few hours after the appearance of these symptoms. After the death of the sick sheep, the body will decay and expand rapidly. After being exposed, it will be found that there are many necrotic areas in the intestines and stomach, hyperemia and edema in many places, and the intestines are full of gas.

Prevention and treatment: its course of disease is extremely short, after the onset of the disease, there is no time for treatment, so it is mainly to prevent, usually strengthen epidemic prevention measures, timely vaccination. In low temperature and cold, we should take good measures to prevent cold and keep warm, avoid catching cold, avoid eating frozen feed, and don't go grazing too early in the morning.

2. Pneumonia

Pneumonia is also an infectious disease, its contact is extremely strong, in low temperature, overcast and rain, sheep crowded is conducive to air transmission, its morbidity and mortality are high. After infection, the diseased sheep were clinically transformed into high temperature body fever, cough and fibrous inflammation of the lung and pleura.

It can happen all the year round, especially in the low temperature season of spring and winter. Sick sheep also have strong sequelae after treatment, and lung damage leads to extremely slow growth and damage to the economy.

Prevention and control methods: adhere to self-breeding, introduction of sheep as long as strengthen management, promotion, resolutely do not introduce sheep from the epidemic area, foreign introduction of sheep as long as the first isolation and quarantine, to ensure that there is no disease before mixed breeding. Timely vaccination, after the discovery of diseases, timely isolation and treatment, clean up the sanitation of the enclosure, and timely disinfection of breeding equipment, and then treated with oxytetracycline, tylosin and other drugs.

3. Sheep pox

Sheep pox is a febrile and contagious disease caused by virus infection, which can also occur all the year round, but it is more likely to occur in the cold season, with higher morbidity and death. The clinical manifestations of sick sheep are fever and acne all over the body, injuring the raised epidermis, destroying the protective barrier of the body, making it easier for other bacteria to invade the sheep, and often cross-infection with other diseases.

Prevention and treatment: at present, there is no complete treatment, mainly prevention, supplemented by treatment, timely isolation after the onset of the disease, and do a good job of disinfection, emergency vaccination.

4. Foot-and-mouth disease

Foot-and-mouth disease is a common disease in many livestock. it is also an acute and febrile infectious disease. at the onset of the disease, the temperature of the sheep can reach 40-41 degrees Celsius. Blisters appear in the mouth, tongue and hoof. After the blisters burst, the surrounding epidermis fall off and form erosion.

Prevention and treatment methods: regular vaccination, timely isolation, good disinfection measures, and reported to the relevant departments, in accordance with the relevant provisions.

The above are the prevention and treatment methods of common diseases of mutton sheep brought by pro-farm networks. there are many diseases of mutton sheep. Here is just hunting for several infectious diseases with great harm. I hope it can help you. If you want to know more, please pay attention to the pro-farm network.