Feed new wheat bran to livestock to guard against stomatitis

Many farmers are accustomed to feeding new wheat bran directly to livestock. Untreated new wheat bran often punctures the oral mucosa of livestock and causes stomatitis.

After suffering from stomatitis, livestock want to eat but refuse to eat; pick the feed into the mouth and do not dare to chew, or chew a few mouthfuls and then spit it out; white turbid mucus continues to flow out of the mouth; wheat awn can be seen in the mouth, such as the root of the tooth and the bottom of the tongue.

Once this disease occurs, the wheat awn in the mouth of the livestock should be cleared first, and then rinse the mouth with clean water to prevent infection. Then apply the affected area with calcined gypsum powder 3 times a day for 3 days. Sesame oil can also be used to coat the affected area with rape stalk ash. The mouth of diseased animals can also be coated with 1% sulfa glycerol emulsion, 3 times a day for 3 days.

The best way to prevent stomatitis is to alkalize the new wheat bran and then feed it. Treatment method: soak the new wheat bran with 0.3% lime water, the amount of lime water depends on the amount of wheat bran, generally, it is appropriate to submerge the wheat bran; after soaking for 30 minutes, the wheat bran is picked out and piled on the wooden board or cement floor to soften the new wheat bran, and then rinse with clean water to feed. This can not only prevent stomatitis of livestock, but also improve the palatability of feed and increase the content of calcium, so that livestock are not easy to suffer from rickets.