Seven diseases to focus on preventing when raising sheep in spring

1. Acute bloat. In spring, green grass grows thickly, and sheep will overgraze while grazing; after eating, acute fermentation occurs in the stomach, producing a large amount of gas, which impairs rumination in sheep, and the rumen rapidly expands. If rescue is not timely or the rescue method is improper, it can cause the sheep to die. The method is: find a piece of Chinese toon or willow root and put it in the sheep's mouth, tie both ends with rope to the sheep's body; let the sheep chew, then use your hands to massage the left flank to help release gas. You can use 10~20 grams of fresh plant ash mixed with 50~100 milliliters of vegetable oil and administer it orally.

2. Accidental ingestion of poisonous grass or toxic substances. If sheep eat grass contaminated by pesticides, toxic wild vegetables or wild grass, rotting matter, etc., poisoning will occur. The symptoms are foaming at the mouth, purple mouth and nose, and rapid breathing. Emergency rescue should be carried out at this time. First use a knife to pierce the edge of one ear to make it bleed, or let the sheep hold a wooden stick in its mouth to cause saliva to expel the toxin, then administer 5 egg whites orally and inject 2~5 milliliters of atropine subcutaneously.

3. Cold. In early spring, it is warm then cold again, and the weather changes unpredictably. Sheep are suddenly hot and cold, and are prone to colds. For sick sheep, inject 5~10 milliliters of aminopyrine or analgin intramuscularly, 1.6 million units of penicillin, and 500,000 units of streptomycin; you can also use 100 grams of ginger and 2 scallions, chop them, and boil them into soup. Administer orally with 50~100 grams of brown sugar, twice a day, for 2 consecutive days.

4. Diarrhea. In winter, sheep mostly eat only dry hay. In spring, when they suddenly eat green grass, the stomach and intestines cannot adapt all at once. If they eat too much, it can cause diarrhea or bloating. Prevention and control method: green grass and dry hay should be fed together, and green grass should not all be fed suddenly at once, so that the sheep's stomach and intestines have a gradual adaptation process. If diarrhea occurs, gentamicin can be given orally to the sheep.

5. Epidemic disease prevention. In spring, the climate changes unpredictably, various bacteria multiply and grow in large numbers, disinfection is not strict, and management is improper, making sheep highly susceptible to disease. Vaccines should be injected into sheep in time to prevent epidemic diseases.

6. Allergic reactions. A few sheep will have allergic reactions when grazing on wild green grass, wild vegetables, or when contacting unusual odors, manifesting as sneezing, tearing, unsteady walking, and bleating. At this time, the sheep should immediately be driven away from the allergenic area, and generally they will quickly return to normal.