What are the symptoms of influenza in meat donkeys during winter and spring, and what should be done?
Meat donkey farming has become a relatively popular breeding project, because the current demand for meat donkeys is very large, and the current farming scale is not large, so it has stimulated many novice farmers to enter. This industry looks simple, but once cared for improperly, diseases can occur. Especially in the cold winter and spring seasons, they are very prone to influenza, so what are the symptoms of influenza in meat donkeys? What should be done?
1. What are the symptoms of influenza in meat donkeys during winter and spring breeding?
1. Transient type
More commonly seen. The main signs are mild coughing, clear nasal discharge, body temperature normal or slightly elevated, then quickly dropping. Mental state and general body changes are mostly not obvious. Sick donkeys can recover on their own in about 7 days.
2. Atypical type
That is, the occurrence of complications and secondary conditions. These are all caused by poor care and improper treatment of sick donkeys. For example, secondary bronchitis, pneumonia, enteritis and emphysema, etc. In addition to showing influenza symptoms, sick donkeys also show the corresponding symptoms of the secondary conditions. If not treated in time, it can cause septicemia, poisoning, and heart failure, leading to death.
Mild cases generally do not require drug treatment and can naturally recover. Severe cases should be given symptomatic treatment, with antipyretic, antitussive, and laxative drugs. For fever reduction?strong>donkey∽?meal cooking?0-20 ml, 1-2 times daily, for two consecutive days. For severe cough, compound camphor tincture 15-20 ml, or almond water 20-40 ml, or polygala tincture 25-50 ml can be used. For phlegm resolution, ammonium chloride 8-15 g can be added, and vinegar fumigation can also be used.
3. Typical type
Coughing is severe, initially dry cough, later wet cough. Some sick donkeys, when coughing, stretch their necks and shake their heads, and feces and urine are passed along with the cough, and after coughing they are extremely exhausted. Some sick donkeys have significantly worsened coughing during exercise, or after stimulation by cold air or dust. In the early stage, sick donkeys have watery nasal discharge, which later becomes thick grayish-white mucus, and in individual cases appears as yellowish-white purulent nasal discharge. Sick donkeys are depressed, have reduced appetite, general weakness, body temperature rises to 39.5 °C to 40 °C, and respiration increases. Heartbeat speeds up, reaching 60 to 90 beats per minute. In individual sick donkeys, edema appears on the limbs or abdomen. If carefully fed, with strengthened care, sufficient rest, and appropriate treatment, after 2-3 days, body temperature can return to normal and coughing can be reduced, with recovery in about two weeks.
2. Solutions for influenza in meat donkeys during winter and spring breeding
For Chinese medicine, modified Qingwen Baidu San can be used. Raw gypsum 120 g, rehmannia 30 g, platycodon root 17 g, gardenia 24 g, scutellaria 30 g, anemarrhena 30 g, scrophularia 30 g, forsythia 24 g, mint 12 g, isatis leaf 30 g, burdock seed 30 g, licorice 17 g. Grind together into powder and take with boiling water, or decoct in water and administer as a decoction.
Daily feeding and management work should be done well to enhance the donkey's constitution and prevent overwork. Pay attention to epidemics, and do a good job of isolation, quarantine, and disinfection as early as possible. When an epidemic occurs, for stall-fed meat donkeys, vinegar fumigation can be used for prevention, at 3 ml of vinegar solution per cubic meter, once every 1-2 days, until the epidemic stabilizes. To cooperate with treatment, care must be strengthened, and sufficient drinking water and abundant green fodder must be provided. Let sick donkeys rest fully.