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Honey Is Effective in Treating Purulent Wounds in Livestock
In recent years, the author has used honey to treat 18 cases of purulent wounds in horses, cattle, sheep, and other livestock, achieving satisfactory results. Method: First, dilute the honey with sterilized distilled water or cooled boiled water into a 10%-20% solution and set it aside. During treatment, first clean the pus cavity with hydrogen peroxide (or another disinfectant), and wipe the washing liquid from the cavity with sterilized dressing, then rinse with the honey solution. Alternatively, first wash the wound cavity with the honey solution, then apply the honey solution to the wound surface and cover it with sterilized gauze soaked in honey. If the wound cavity is relatively deep, a sterilized gauze strip soaked in honey can be used
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Silkworm droppings are effective as rabbit feed and worth trying for rabbit farmers
Silkworm droppings have high nutritional value, with a crude protein content of 15.4%, second only to wheat bran and higher than rice bran and green grass, making them excellent livestock and poultry feed. Feeding silkworm droppings to livestock and poultry often yields very good results. 1. Feeding silkworm droppings to pigs can save large amounts of concentrated feed; pigs gain weight quickly per unit of time and have a high market rate. After sows eat silkworm droppings, milk secretion increases. 2. Feeding silkworm droppings to sheep increases milk secretion and wool yield, with sheep wool length reaching more than 14 cm. 3. Feeding silkworm droppings to cattle makes farm cattle hardy and improves their constitution. 4.
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What are the effective control methods for the black scarab beetle?
The black scarab beetle is known locally as "tiewoyang" (iron nest seedling). In Wuhe Township, Tengchong County, it is one of the main pests harming crops, with particularly severe damage to sugarcane and dry-raised rice seedlings. It mainly bites the stem base of sugarcane seedlings and rice seedlings, causing the entire plant to die and having a huge impact on sugarcane and rice. The insect's living habits are: during the day it burrows into the soil to rest, and in the evening and at night it comes out to be active, mostly causing clustered damage with a fierce onset, and the harm to sugarcane and dry-raised seedlings is quite serious. For control, the first method is to use irrigation water to make the scarab beetles float to the surface of the water for manual
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Effective proven remedies for treating respiratory diseases in pigs
I. Proven remedies for treating pig colds: 1. Intramuscular injection of 30% analgin or 10% aminopyrine 5-10ml, while orally administering aspirin 2-5g, and feeding plenty of warm, clean drinking water; intramuscular injection of antibiotics to prevent infection. 2. An appropriate amount of Sichuan pepper, lightly fried and ground into powder. Make a small cut at the tip of the pig's tail, stuff the Sichuan pepper into the opening, and bandage the outside with cloth. 3. Radish 1kg cut into shreds, scallions 10 stalks, ginger 15g, decocted in water for oral administration; or use gypsum 15g decocted in water, strain off the residue, and after it cools add mung bean powder 100g and 2 egg whites, mix and administer by gavage.
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What are the effective fattening methods for commercial rabbits?
Fattening rabbits is the last stage of rabbit production. Its purpose is to produce good rabbit meat and rabbit skins. The fattening of domestic rabbits works best after the skeletal growth and development is complete. The feeding and management of domestic rabbit fattening must meet the following five key points: 1. Concentrate feed point. After the skeletal growth and development of domestic rabbits is complete, the weight gained during fattening is mainly muscle and fat. During fattening, concentrate feed should be the main component, especially feeds rich in carbohydrates, such as sweet potato, potato, taro, radish, etc. And green fodder should be appropriately included.
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Effective Methods to Prevent Browning After Lily Harvest
During the harvesting and storage of lilies, prolonged exposure to sunlight causes the lily scales to change color from white to brown, a condition known as browning. Browning is an oxidation reaction catalyzed by biological enzymes in the lily scales. Browning reduces the quality of commercial lilies; in the case of lily seed bulbs, browned bulbs have a low germination rate and are prone to rotting. This year lilies matured early, and harvesting is expected around early July, so attention should be paid to preventing browning early. During harvesting, care should be taken to provide shade coverage. Under strong direct sunlight
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Boiling peach leaves in water is effective for treating pig lice
In summer and autumn, pigs are prone to pig lice, which not only affects the pigs' comfort and hygiene but also hinders their growth and development. The method to prevent and control pig lice is: take 1000 grams of fresh peach leaves, add 2000 milliliters of water and boil, take the cooled filtrate and wash the places on the pig's body where lice are present, wash twice consecutively, and all the pig lice can be killed, and the lice eggs will also be destroyed. If cattle have cattle lice, this method can also be used to kill them.
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Garlic is Effective in Preventing and Treating Pullorum Disease in Chicks
Pullorum disease is an acute infectious disease caused by Salmonella pullorum, characterized in chicks by white, pasty, loose droppings; if not treated promptly, it often causes mass deaths. In recent years we have tried using garlic to prevent and treat pullorum disease in chicks: a total of 83,600 chicks were protected, with an effective protection rate of over 96%; 6,227 sick chicks were treated, of which 5,918 were cured, a cure rate of 95%, showing remarkable results. 1. Treatment methods. (1) Select locally grown purple-skinned garlic, peel off the outer skin, crush it, and mix it into the feed; use 0.5-1 g per sick chick,
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How to kill scarab beetles? Five effective control methods
The larvae of scarab beetles, commonly known as chicken-manure grubs, gnaw at the roots of seedlings. Besides biting through lateral roots and the main root, they can also strip and devour the root bark completely, causing missing seedlings and broken rows, and in severe cases even disastrous damage. Adult scarab beetles feed on both leaves and flowers, and they reproduce extremely quickly, so they can easily harm seedlings. They are a common major pest in forestry. The period when adults cause rampant damage is roughly from June to October, and this is the best time for control: it both controls the damage caused by adults and keeps the next generation's population density in check, yielding twice the result with half the effort.
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Getting the five key steps right in Gastrodia elata cultivation can effectively increase yield
To achieve stable and high yields of Gastrodia elata, the first thing is to get the five pre-planting steps right: First, choose the site. Gastrodia elata cultivation can be adapted to local conditions, whether indoors, in air-raid shelters, semi-basements, or chicken coops. Because Gastrodia elata likes dark, damp, and cool environments, choose places with good ventilation and shade as much as possible, with semi-basements and outdoor trenches giving the best results. You can lay a layer of bricks before use, or increase the thickness of the bottom sand layer to enhance its water permeability. Second, if the indoor floor is concrete, use high-quality Armillaria mellea fungal material (spawn). Armillaria mellea fungal material
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