How do you tell if a cow is sick? Mainly look at its daily diet and excretion

SummaryDaily behavior: if it frequently rubs its body everywhere, it is very likely a parasitic disease. External signs: if the cow's mouth often has white fluid secretion, severe bad breath and a bluish tongue coating, these are signs of impending illness. Excretion: if the cow's feces are very hard and lump-shaped, or the excrement contains a lot of water and has a foul odor, then it is very likely sick. Daily diet: if the cow's food intake suddenly decreases or it shows an aversion to food, then it may be sick.

Cattle are one of the livestock animals that are very important to humans, so the health of cattle has always been a concern for farmers. Cattle diseases fall into many types, and because they are hard to distinguish without paying attention, judging whether a cow is sick is relatively difficult. So next, several aspects will be introduced to let farmers better understand the behaviors and signs of cattle becoming ill, and then prevent it in time.

1. Daily behavior of cattle

Under healthy conditions, cattle are relatively active. If they look listless and very sluggish, then you need to pay attention, because there is a problem with the cow's health. If a cow likes to and frequently rubs its body everywhere, it should be a parasitic disease. If a cow often stays in one position and hardly moves, and lies down for longer and longer periods, then it may be a relatively serious viral cattle disease, so pay more attention to the cow's daily behavior and promptly tell whether the cow is sick.

2. External signs of cattle

The easiest sign to distinguish is the cow's appearance. Sick cows and healthy cows differ noticeably in appearance. If the cow's mouth often has white fluid secretion, severe bad breath and a bluish tongue coating, these are signs of impending illness. If the cow's eyes are cloudy and dull, or the eyes are full of red blood streaks, it is also very likely a sign of illness. There is also one more point to look at from the cow's nose: if the cow's nose is cracked and often has cloudy, thick white liquid flowing out, then it is basically sick as well. So these signs must be carefully noted.

3. Excretion of cattle

Besides analyzing a cow's health from its appearance, which is relatively simple, there is another method that is also fairly easy to distinguish, which is to judge from the cow's excretion. The excrement of healthy cattle is generally in mud-ring shape and relatively soft and thin. If the cow's feces are very hard and lump-shaped, or the excrement contains a lot of water and has a foul odor, then it is very likely sick.

4. Daily diet of cattle

The daily diet of cattle is also a point that needs attention. If the cow's food intake suddenly decreases or it shows an aversion to food, then farmers must check the cow's health. Also, cattle are ruminants, and rumination is a unique way of digesting food, meaning that when cattle eat, they do so very quickly, swallowing without chewing, and then during rest the food returns from the stomach to the mouth to be chewed. So this aspect can also be used to tell the cow's physical condition. Normally, cattle ruminate about 6-10 times. If after eating, the number of times the cow ruminates decreases or there is none at all, then there must be a problem with the cow's stomach and intestines, and at this point the cow can be examined.