In the process of beef cattle breeding, cattle farmers will occasionally find swelling in the head, neck and jaw of beef cattle, but they do not know what is going on, and do not know how to treat, today Xiaobian will introduce the three diseases that can cause swelling of beef cattle head, neck and jaw, etc., I hope that the majority of cattle farmers can help after reading!
<h1>1. Bovine liver tablets trematodiasis</h1>
Bovine liver tablets fluke disease, also known as "bovine liver leech disease", can be said to be one of the more common parasitic diseases in cattle, especially the infection rate of grazing cattle is very high. Liver flakes flukes are particularly harmful to cattle, mainly parasitic in the bovine liver and bile ducts, can cause acute or chronic hepatitis and cholangitis, destroy liver function, cause systemic poisoning and nutritional disorders, hinder cattle growth, cause anemia, etc., generally endemic. Acute-type cattle are characterized by elevated body temperature, occasional diarrhea, anaemia, death within a few days, or chronic after tolerance. Chronic-type cattle are mainly manifested as anemia, jaundice, emaciation, jaw, chest and abdominal edema, often diarrhea, anterior stomach delay or swelling, severe disease cattle will fail and die.
The swelling of bovine liver fluke disease is edema, that is, the touch is soft and fluctuating, and it will be accompanied by symptoms such as wasting and anemia. Here's a quick look at the control plan for bovine liver flakes:
1. Prevention
Regular deworming twice a year, the first deworming can be in late autumn and early winter, mainly to prevent the onset of cattle in winter, the second deworming in late winter and early spring, mainly for cattle to reduce pathogen transmission when grazing, deworming can choose prothiaimidazole, niclochlorophenol, trichlorobenzole, bromophenol phosphorus and other targeted deworming drugs;
Grazing in low-lying, wet areas should be reduced, and cattle will become infected if they feed on grass contaminated with liver flakes or drink water contaminated with liver flakes;
The feces discharged by the affected cattle contain a large number of insect eggs, contaminating the forage or drinking water will infect healthy cattle, which is the main way for the spread of insect eggs, so the manure in the barn should be cleaned up in time and accumulated and fermented, and the barn should be strictly disinfected.
2. Treatment
For cattle, intramuscular injection of propionimidazole 5 to 15 mg/kg body weight, nitrochlorophenol 4 to 5 mg/kg body weight or 0.75 to 1 mg/kg body weight deep intramuscular injection, triclobenzole 12 mg/kg body weight orally, bromophenol phosphorus 16 mg/kg body weight orally, and thiodichlorophenol 80 to 100 mg/kg body weight orally.
You can choose one of the deworming drugs to use, but at the same time, you should also carry out symptomatic treatment for serious cattle, such as injection of glucose, vitamin C, inosine, adenosine triphosphate, etc. to supplement nutrition and accelerate recovery for the cattle.
<h1>2. Bovine actinomycosis</h1>
Actinomycosis is a chronic infectious disease caused by actinomycetes, characterized by the appearance of actinomycosis on the head, neck, submandibular and tongue, the occurrence of this disease is not obvious seasonal, often sporadic onset, 2 to 5 years old adult cattle are most susceptible. Actinomycetes are found in soil, feed and drinking water, and parasitize the mouth and upper respiratory tract of cattle, and can be infected when the mucosa of the bovine's oral cavity is damaged.
Swelling caused by bovine actinomycosis and swelling caused by bovine liver flakes fluke disease is still relatively easy to distinguish, the swelling caused by bovine actinomycosis is more hard, and the swelling caused by bovine liver flake fluke disease is softer and fluctuates to the touch, and in addition to the swelling of the head, neck and jaw, there will be a series of other manifestations, such as anemia, jaundice, high fever and diarrhea, etc., and bovine actinomycosis has basically no other symptoms except for the swelling of the head, neck and jaw and the swelling of the glossopharynx.
The most critical prevention and treatment of bovine actinomycosis is to prevent and treat bovine skin and mucous membrane damage, and should try to avoid feeding rough forage, and should crush, knead or soften before feeding to prevent puncture of the oral mucosa. When the mouth or head and neck of cattle are injured, they should be disinfected in time to prevent infection.
Mild symptoms can be oral potassium iodide 5 to 10 grams, once oral, calves halved, once a day, for 2 to 4 weeks, severe cases can be used 10% sodium iodide solution 50 to 100 ml intravenous injection, once every other day, 3 to 5 times, when cattle appear iodine poisoning can be stopped for 5 to 7 days;
3.2 million units of penicillin, 2 million units of streptomycin, dissolved with 20 ml of sterile water for injection, followed by equinox injection around the swelling;
Repeated burning of the swollen area with a soldering iron also has a good effect on bovine actinomycosis;
When the swelling site is small at the beginning of the disease, it can also be removed by surgery, and the swelling site can be cut open for drainage in the later stage of the disease.
A variety of methods can be used in combination with treatment.
<h1>Third, the injection of cattle is not standardized</h1>
When the injection of cattle is not strict, it is possible to cause infection of the needle eye, and then there is swelling or ulceration around it; when intramuscular injection, too much liquid injection of the liquid will not be absorbed, necrosis will occur, or the injection of irritating liquid, such as ivermectin (intramuscular injection has a strong irritation), muscle necrosis will also occur; intravenous injection of the liquid medicine flows out of the blood vessels, especially the irritating liquid flows out of the blood vessels, such as calcium chloride, concentrated salt, etc., which will cause calcification, swelling and necrosis around.
When giving cattle injections, it is necessary to strictly disinfect the injection site and the injection apparatus; when intramuscular injection, an injection point should not be injected with too much liquid, and it is advisable to not exceed 20 ml, and when more liquid needs to be injected, it can be injected at points; try not to use drugs that are irritating to the muscles; intravenous injection should be fixed to prevent the liquid from leaking to the outside of the blood vessels.
When there is a slight swelling at the injection site of cattle, the swelling can be eliminated by hot compresses; the swelling area can be applied with fish stone fat to reduce swelling or accelerate curing; for the matured swelling site, it can be cut with a blade and rinsed with normal saline, the pus inside is cleaned up, and then sprinkled with antibiotic powder, and in more severe cases, it should also be combined with systemic anti-inflammatory.