Common diseases and treatment methods of breeding yak

Yak is a standard breed of cattle in Northwest China, and the number of farmers is still very large. And because the local environment is relatively bad, some diseases and other diseases will also be found more frequently, the following will bring you a few more common diseases, you can carefully understand.

1. Yak colibacillosis

This is a disease caused by bacteria, which may be caused by improper feeding. Yak because the food eaten can not be digested well, leading to the emergence of colibacillosis, the next few days a variety of symptoms will appear one after another, the obvious symptoms are diarrhea, the yak is not mentally unstable, the hair is dull and shrunken. As most of these bacteria are hidden in yaks, they only get sick when the opportunity is right, so they mainly rely on drug treatment. Colibacillosis vaccine can be injected into calves to prevent colibacillosis, and comprehensive treatment such as antibiotics and compound Coptis chinensis are used after the disease.

2. Anthracnose of yak

This is a highly contagious disease that spreads easily, so it is necessary to isolate the diseased cattle as soon as they are found, and prevent the yaks without the disease. the disease often occurs in a period of high temperature and humidity. Its excreta also has a very strong infection, isolation room in this respect should also be timely isolation, and disinfection. At present, the more commonly used drugs are anthrax serum or penicillin, both of which need to be used for sick cattle, so you can properly feed some penicillin for prevention.

3. Yak septicemia

This disease caused by Brucella brucellosis is extremely harmful to yaks, which is divided into acute and chronic diseases. Its main performance is systemic abscess, bacteria have blood invasion of brucellosis all over the body, resulting in pus accumulation, and then some positions of yaks will appear the phenomenon of expansion, with pressure in these places, the presence of pus will be felt. After the onset of the disease, the first thing is isolation, in order to avoid infection, followed by anti-Brucella serum and antibiotics together, it is best to find a professional doctor.

4. Yak salmonellosis

This disease belongs to a general term, which is characterized by typhoid fever and simple diarrhea in yaks for a long time. If it is found earlier, the general isolation treatment will be better for a few days, and if it is found that the pool leads to infection, then it will be more troublesome, because the disease will aggravate the disease and lead to slow treatment. After the discovery of direct isolation, and then fed some oxytetracycline, and then check if there are other problems, multi-pronged treatment.

The above are several common yak diseases, we should do a good job in the prevention of these diseases, in order to prevent these diseases from bringing unnecessary losses to everyone. If you want to know more, you can follow our website knowledge!