Symptoms and treatment of heat stroke in sheep

Heat syndrome in sheep is the general name of solar radiation disease and heat radiation disease. Solar radiation disease is an acute disease of cerebral and meningeal congestion caused by direct sunlight on the head of sheep; heat radiation disease is a disease of central nervous system disorder caused by heat accumulation in the body due to humid and muggy weather, heat production of the body is greater than heat dissipation.

The expert relieves the disease. Etiology of ⑴: solar radiation sickness is due to the scorching sun in the head, so that the head overheating, resulting in brain and meningeal congestion. Heat radiation disease is caused by excessive external temperature, dampness, muggy, crowded, narrow in the sheep house, or poor ventilation during vehicle and boat movement, and heat accumulates in the body.

⑵ symptoms: at the initial stage, the sick sheep showed extreme depression, loss of appetite or abstinence, unstable gait, wobble and hyperheartbeat. Pulse is fast and weak, the number of breathing increases, dyspnea, elevated body temperature, visible mucosal flushing, muscle tremor, whole body sweating; some appear excited after the onset of the disease. In the later stage, he often lay on the ground because of collapse, or suddenly fell to the ground and remained motionless, showing a coma, and finally died because of cardiac paralysis.

An expert treats diseases. ① prevention: to do a good job of heat prevention and cooling of the sheep house in summer, it is strictly forbidden to graze at noon, go to the shade or shade during the lunch break, and ensure adequate drinking water.

② treatment: a. Immediately move the sheep to a cool place with good ventilation, cover the whole body with cold water, or enema with cold water. B, when the sick sheep is in a coma, the blood can be bled in the cervical vein, the amount of blood letting depends on the size and physical condition of the diseased sheep, generally letting blood 80-100ml, rehydration after bloodletting, intravenous injection of sodium chloride injection 1000 ml; c, when the sick sheep have heart weakness or severe edema, 4 ml of sodium caffeine should be injected intravenously.