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What are the prevention and treatment methods for ovine obesity syndrome in meat sheep?
Ovine obesity syndrome in meat sheep, also known as lamb obesity syndrome, is a widespread metabolic disease of lambs. This disease mostly occurs in obese lambs aged one and a half to two months with a strong feed intake. Causes of the disease: Because lambs that have just started to eat are fed large amounts of carbohydrate-rich corn, with a single feed type, the normal metabolism of the lambs is affected, and in addition the lambs do not get sufficient exercise over a long period. This causes the lambs to become excessively obese. Especially in housed lambs, or when lambs are transferred from grazing to housing, the metabolic process of the lamb's body is disrupted; when large amounts of carbohydrate feed are ingested, they are rapidly broken down into organic acids and carbon dioxide, causing the acid concentration in the blood to rise, which acts on the central nervous system and causes severe functional disturbance of the central nervous system. The affected lambs show a series of poisoning symptoms such as excitement and inhibition, and finally die from respiratory and cardiac motor center paralysis due to oxygen deficiency.</p><p>Main symptoms</p><p>Sudden onset; the affected lamb discharges foamy saliva from the corners of the mouth, has rapid breathing, cyanotic conjunctiva, accelerated heartbeat, and a slightly elevated body temperature; in the later stage neurological symptoms appear, with restlessness while standing, sometimes bleating, jumping and dashing forward, and sometimes abdominal pain symptoms. The course of the disease is acute; the most acute cases die in about 10 to 20 minutes, while slower cases die within one hour.</p><p>Treatment</p><p>This disease has a sudden onset and rapid death, so timely treatment is needed. The treatment methods are:</p><p>1. Use 0.1% cardiotonic sodium injection, administered subcutaneously or intramuscularly; inject 2 to 3 milliliters subcutaneously according to the lamb's body weight.</p><p>2. Intravenous injection of 300 to 500 milliliters of 5% glucose saline or 0.9% physiological saline.</p><p>3. Intravenous injection of 20 to 30 milliliters of 5% sodium bicarbonate.</p><p>4. Subcutaneous multi-point injection of 200 to 300 milliliters of 0.9% physiological saline or sugar saline.</p><p>Preventive measures</p><p>1. The concentrate fed to lambs should be diversified, and a single feed variety must be strictly avoided. In particular, feed rich in carbohydrates such as corn must be strictly controlled in amount; the mixed daily ration for lambs should be fed at fixed times and in fixed amounts, divided into multiple feedings, and hay and succulent drinks should also be provided. Provide salt free-choice, supplement trace elements and multiple vitamins, ensure the lambs have sufficient drinking water, strengthen exercise, and increase sunlight exposure time.</p><p>2. Strengthen the exercise of lambs during the suckling period. For lambs more than half a month old, exercise outside the shed should be carried out in clear and windless weather. The best exercise time is noon, and the exercise time should be gradually extended. Through exercise training, digestion and metabolism can be promoted, the lambs' physique can be strengthened, and the occurrence of this disease can be strictly prevented.</p>
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Methods to Increase the Conception Rate in Meat Rabbit Breeding
The autumn climate is suitable, meat rabbits have a strong appetite, their reproductive function is active, and the conception rate is high. Generally speaking, when a doe is in estrus, the conception rate from mating is high, so the rabbit herd should be checked frequently for estrus, so that estrus is detected promptly and mating is carried out promptly. When mating, care should be taken to place the doe into the buck's
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Seventeen Methods for Angora Rabbit Farming to Make Rabbits Grow More Wool
1. For each rabbit, use 0.5 g of sulfur, 1 g of silkworm droppings, 1 g of Smilax glabra, and 0.1 g of trace elements daily. After mixing and crushing, mix evenly with feed and feed to the rabbits. Generally, wool can be clipped 7-10 days earlier. 2. After Angora rabbits are sheared for 1-2 days, inject 250 mg of vitamin B12 intramuscularly into each rabbit daily,
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Feeding and Management Methods for Breeding Male Roe Deer in Roe Deer Farming
The purpose of managing breeding male roe deer is to ensure they have a healthy and robust constitution, strong libido, strong mating ability and good semen quality, so as to improve the conception rate. The rearing of breeding male roe deer is divided into three stages: the mating period, the recovery period, and the preparation period for mating. The three stages
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What are the taming methods in wild boar farming?
1. Intensive taming. The subjects of taming are young wild boars, because young wild boars have small stress responses and great plasticity, and good results can be obtained through artificial taming. Select 5 to 20 kg (2 to 4 months old) young wild boars from the wild and capture them into cages. Do the following work at one time:
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Treatment Methods for Rectal Prolapse in Ostrich Farming
Recently, two ostrich farms reported that young ostriches had developed rectal prolapse. Such problems rarely occurred in past rearing and transport, and now I will briefly explain the situation I have learned. It has been learned that both units purchased 1
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Light control methods in mink farming
The mink is an important fur-bearing animal, and its growth and development are closely related to light. In production, if attention is paid to controlling light and making full use of the beneficial effects of light on its growth, development and reproductive performance, production costs can be effectively reduced and economic benefits improved.
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Four Methods for Overwintering Rice Field Eels
1. With-water overwintering method. The rice field eel is a poikilothermic cold-blooded fish with strong adaptability to the environment. When the temperature drops below 10°C (growth temperature 15°C-30°C), it rarely feeds and burrows into holes to hibernate. At this time, for the safe overwintering of rice field eels, the water level of the breeding pond should be raised to 30-50 cm
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Five methods to master for improving the conception rate of cows
Strengthening feeding is the foundation. For cattle raising, there must be a simple shade shed for heat protection in summer and an insulated cattle barn in winter. Cows must be provided with a full-price nutritional feed to ensure they eat their fill and eat well. Every possible means must be used to raise the cows' body condition to above 70 percent fatness, and it is advocated to build up fat to promote estrus and mate at full fatness.
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How can sow reproductive efficiency be improved? Practical pig farming methods shared
The level of sow reproductive rate is related to the economic benefits of large-scale pig farms. It is an important marker of transforming the sow's potential biological productivity into actual productivity, and an important indicator for measuring the comprehensive production level of a large-scale pig farm. Maintain a reasonable sow herd structure
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