Prevention and treatment of poisoning by deer cottonseed cake

Cottonseed cake poisoning refers to a chronic toxic disease caused by long-term feeding of a large number of cottonseed cake and the accumulation of toxic gossypol in the body, especially in the liver. Its clinical features are digestive disorders, hepatitis, gastroenteritis and acidosis.

[etiology]: the main toxic components in cottonseed and cottonseed cake are gossypol and cottonseed poison. If long-term or a large number of non-detoxified cottonseed cake or improper preparation, can cause poisoning.

[symptoms]: the diseased deer showed mental malaise, loss of appetite or abstinence, reduction or cessation of ruminant, weakening or disappearance of rumen peristalsis, constipation before diarrhea, enhanced intestinal sound, diarrhea, mixed with mucus or blood in feces, low body temperature, faster breathing and faster pulse. Frequent urination, often with pain, hematuria or hemoglobinuria. Edema often occurs in the mandibular space, neck, lower chest and abdomen and limbs, and some diseased deer have symptoms of oral and nasal bleeding.

With the further development of the disease, the diseased deer developed visual impairment and even blindness. Muscle weakness, walking shaking, or falling cramps. Rapid heartbeat, weak pulse, dyspnea, yellowish-white or reddish small foam-like nose fluid from both nostrils. Auscultation showed extensive wet sounds in the chest. Eventually died of exhaustion.

[prevention]: first cook the cottonseed cake and keep it for more than 3-4 hours, discard the floating matter, cool it and then feed it; you can also soak it in 1% calcium hydroxide or 2% cooked lime water or 0.1% ferrous sulfate or 2.5% sodium bicarbonate for 1 day and night, then rinse it with clean water for 1-2 times and then feed it. To control the feeding amount of cottonseed cake, meat deer should not exceed 1.5 kg, suckling deer 2-3 kg, pregnant deer should be appropriately reduced, stop feeding half a month before delivery, and young deer should be fed as little or not as much as possible; in feed coordination, cottonseed cake should be fed simply for a long time, which must be matched with green hay or other high-quality green succulent feed; do not use mildew spoiled cottonseed cake as feed.

[treatment]: if poisoning is found, stop feeding cottonseed cake immediately, forbid feeding for 2-3 days, then feed green succulent forage grass and give sufficient drinking water. Take western medicine treatment.

1. At the initial stage of poisoning, 0.05-0.1% potassium permanganate solution or 3% sodium bicarbonate solution can be used to repeatedly lavage the stomach, then take oil laxatives and subcutaneously inject 0.2-0.3 grams of pilocarpine. After cleaning the intestines and stomach, you can use sulfonamidine 20 grams, tannic acid protein 9 grams, activated carbon 40 grams, add water 200-500 milliliters, oral administration, in order to facilitate anti-inflammation.

2. Liver protection and detoxification, cardiotonic diuresis and stopping exudation, 50% glucose 100-300 ml, 20% sodium caffeine 8-10 ml, 10% calcium chloride 40-80 ml, once intravenously, 1-2 times a day.

3. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment adopts detoxification and detoxification methods: 20 grams of ⑴ wormwood, 40 grams of licorice, 40 grams of talcum, 200g mung beans, fried in water, infused many times a day. ⑵ nitrate 100g-300g, add water 1000-3000 ml, one time irrigation.