Prevention and treatment of foot-and-mouth disease in pigs

Pig foot and mouth disease is caused by foot and mouth disease virus, manifested as hoof crown, toe, toe skin blisters and rotten spots, part of the pig oral mucosa and nasal disc also have the same lesions, generally more in winter and spring direct and indirect contact can make pigs sick, such as sick pigs, swill, contaminated feeding utensils and transportation tools can spread, let's take a look at the prevention and control methods of pig foot and mouth disease!

Clinical symptoms of foot and mouth disease

Pig foot and mouth disease is characterized by blisters on the hoof, elevated body temperature, obvious systemic symptoms, redness, blisters and ulceration of the hoof crown, hoof fork and hoof heel, secondary infection, hoof shell may fall off, limp, prone to lying, blisters and rotten spots on the nasal disc, oral cavity, gums, tongue and breast (mainly lactating sows), piglets can die due to enteritis and myocarditis.

Foot and mouth disease treatment

1. The oral cavity can be washed with water, vinegar or 0.1% potassium permanganate. The erosive surface can be coated with 1% to 2% alum or iodine tincture glycerin (iodine 7 g, KI5 g, alcohol 100 ml, dissolved glycerin 100 ml), or Bingboron powder.

2. The hoof can be washed with 3% Lysol, dried and coated with pine oil or ichthyst ointment, and then bandaged.

3, the breast can be washed with soapy water or 2% to 3% boric acid water, and then coated with penicillin ointment or other antiseptic ointment, milk extrusion regularly to prevent mastitis.

4. In addition to local treatment of malignant foot and mouth disease, cardiotonic agents and supplements can be used, such as Anaru, glucose saline, etc., and oral administration of crystalline camphor twice a day, five to eight grams each time, can receive good results.

Foot and mouth disease prevention measures

1, resolutely do not have epidemic areas to buy pigs and their meat carcasses, heads, hooves, goods, etc.

2. After the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, immediately report it to the superior business department and He County (city, district) government, which will delimit the epidemic point and issue a blockade order. According to the principle of "early, fast, strict and small", put out the epidemic situation on the spot, inform the neighboring areas and organize joint defense.

3. Decisive measures shall be taken in newly infected areas to cull sick pigs and pigs of the same herd on the spot. If conditions permit, meat corpses, heads, hooves and offal shall be treated innocuously in strict accordance with the Trial Regulations for Meat Hygiene Inspection. Those without conditions shall be buried deeply after being covered with caustic soda.

4. After the outbreak of the epidemic, close the livestock market in the blockade area, strengthen slaughter inspection, and strictly prevent the spread of the epidemic. Sick animals and suspected sick animals in the epidemic area should be sealed off in the epidemic area, cared for by special personnel, and the feeding tools should be fixed. The dead bodies of sick animals shall be buried deeply after disinfection and shall not be eaten. The feces and bedding soil of sick animals shall be sealed and fermented before application. After the last sick pig recovered or died, when no new sick animals appeared for 14 days, it was thoroughly disinfected (including animal disinfection). To lift the blockade. However, recovered animals shall not be transported out for at least one year after the blockade is lifted, nor shall susceptible animals be transported in.

5. After virus type identification, the healthy pigs in the epidemic area and threatened area shall be vaccinated.