Four Ways to Care for Fever Cattle

After drinking water sickness cattle have a fever, the cow body consumes more nutrients, the mouth is dry, the tongue is dry, and the appetite is lost, resulting in anorexia. Therefore, the supply of water should be satisfied, otherwise the disease will be aggravated. To drink more water, to replenish body fluids, to promote the excretion of intestinal toxins, in drinking water to add the right amount of sugar, salt is better.

The barn with more rest should keep clean and quiet, let the sick cattle have more rest and reduce the muscle activity of the sick cattle, so as to reduce physical exertion and heat production. Do not disturb the sick cattle when sleeping, better deep sleep, can significantly enhance the immunity of cattle, improve resistance.

When the body temperature of diseased cattle is too high, ice water and cold water can be used to apply cold compress on the head. If you cooperate with brushing the cow, the effect is better. The cold water needs to be changed every 5 minutes to protect the normal function of brain cells and hypothalamic thermoregulation center of diseased cattle and prevent the loss of the ability to regulate body temperature. However, sick cattle with cold stomach or shivering should not use this method.

After feeding diseased cattle with high fever, it is necessary to feed more good feed that is palatable, digestible, nutritious and salty, and more green fodder to meet the nutritional needs of diseased animals and enhance disease resistance. If necessary, feed drugs that regulate the intestines and stomach to boost appetite. Once the food intake of diseased cattle has increased, it shows that the condition has greatly improved.