Lambs kept in long-term confinement are prone to anemia, how can it be prevented and treated scientifically?

   Lambs kept in long-term confinement and housed feeding are prone to anemia. The methods for preventing and treating lamb anemia are described below:

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   (1) The feed nutrition must be comprehensive, supplement trace elements such as iron according to the normal amount, or feed deep-layer uncontaminated red soil, which can prevent iron deficiency anemia in lambs.

   (2) Mix 4.5 grams of ferrous sulfate, 7.5 grams of copper sulfate, 45 grams of sugar, and 200 milliliters of water evenly, and feed between two meals to facilitate iron absorption, but do not feed it together with milk, because milk contains high phosphorus, which affects iron absorption.

   (3) Subcutaneously inject 2-4 milliliters of 0.1% sodium selenite injection, once a day, for 1 week consecutively.

   (4) Supplement vitamin B12, 5-10 milliliters each time, intramuscular injection, once every 2-3 days; supplement vitamin C, 50-100 milligrams each time, 3 times a day; supplement folic acid, 15-20 milligrams each time, 3 times a day. 

   (5) Iron treatment. For anemic lambs, intramuscularly inject preparations containing iron, selenium, and cobalt for several days consecutively. Lambs can also be fed ferrous sulfate pills, 10-20 pills each time, once a day, for several days consecutively.

   (6) Traditional Chinese medicine therapy. Use 30 grams each of Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, Massa Medicata Fermentata, Magnolia officinalis, Crataegus pinnatifida, Poria cocos, and prepared rehmannia, and decoct for one dose. Or 50 grams of Angelica sinensis, 5 grams of red ginseng, 25 grams of Atractylodes macrocephala, and 25 grams of raw rehmannia, decocted for one dose. Or 50 grams of Spatholobus suberectus, decocted in water, 1 dose per day.

   (7) Dietary therapy. Provide lambs with foods high in iron as early as possible. Cooked egg yolk can be fed, starting with half a yolk per day, gradually increasing to 1, and later the whole egg or soy milk can be fed. Older lambs can be fed wild vegetables, green grass, soy milk, animal liver, etc. Once lambs have contact with the surface soil, supplementation may no longer be necessary.

   (8) Etiological therapy. For lamb anemia caused by roundworms and hookworms, deworming treatment should be carried out. For lamb anemia caused by chronic hepatitis or nephritis, routine treatment of the primary disease should be carried out.