Prevention and treatment of common disease of fox and raccoon dog in autumn

gastroenteritis

The main causes are improper feeding management, sudden change of feed or feed corruption, excessive intake, etc.; in addition, there are also long-distance transportation, extreme fatigue of animals, resulting in decreased body resistance caused by this disease; there are canine distemper, Pasteurella, Escherichia coli and other diseases can cause secondary gastroenteritis.

Clinical manifestations are loss of appetite at the beginning of the disease, sometimes vomiting, appetite waste at the later stage of the disease, oral mucosa congestion, dry fever, mental depression, and inactivity. Abdominal curl, stoop back, intestinal voice enhanced, diarrhea, discharge egg-white grayish-yellow or gray-green loose stool, there are also bloody stool, anus and perineal hair with loose stool, dirty.

When the herd is ill in large numbers, bad factors should be excluded from the diet. Take protective bait therapy, start feed quantity should be less, wait for improvement when gradually reach normal to give quantity; conditional can feed fresh milk or milk powder; if necessary, can add tetracycline or chloramphenicol in feed, 2 times a day, 25 mg each time. Streptomycin or neomycin can also be dissolved in water about 1~ 20,000 international units, poured into the water box to make it drink.

For severe cases, oral sulfamidine can be taken, 0.1~0.2 grams per day. When dehydration failure, subcutaneous multi-point injection of 5% glucose 20~30 ml, camphor oil 0.5~1 mg. In order to restore the appetite of sick animals as soon as possible, complex vitamin B injection can be injected intramuscularly, vitamin C 0.5 ~1 mg can also be injected intramuscularly, penicillin or streptomycin 200,000 international units each time, 2~3 times a day can be injected.

trichophagia (alopecia)

The cause is unknown, the main symptoms are the tip of the hair was eaten, bald needle hair tip, thick villi, mostly occurred in the tail, neck, buttocks and body side and other parts.

Eaten the part of the coat that resembles a sheared sheep.

The control measure is to supplement sulfur-containing amino acid feed to the diet, such as feather powder, eggs, soybean milk, etc.

Daily attention should be paid to the supply of nutrient-complete feed, do a good job of cage and litter box hygiene.

heatstroke

From July to September, fox raccoon entered the recovery period and cubs entered the breeding period.

The disease occurs in the case of high temperature and poor ventilation, and the animal is directly exposed to sunlight to cause brain overheating (sunburn) or stimulation of systemic heating (heatburn). It usually occurs rapidly and has a high mortality rate.

Fox raccoon extremely underdeveloped sweat glands, slow body temperature distribution, easy to cause body temperature rise, depression, pace swing, syncope state, vomiting, breathing difficulties, mouth stretch, asthma, visible mucosa cyanosis, and finally coma, convulsion and death.

When the disease occurs, the animal farm should immediately take cooling measures, such as watering the ground and strengthening ventilation facilities. Sick animals should be transferred to a cool, ventilated shady place; cold compress on the head, intramuscular injection of 1~2 ml of Qiangerxin when myocardial energy is incomplete; animal cages in sunny places should be shaded, ventilated and sprinkled with cold water on the ground or cage.