What to Do About Cow Parturient Paresis? Detailed Introduction to Prevention and Treatment Methods
The beef market is doing better and better now, which has driven the development of the cattle industry. In recent years, the scale of cattle farms has also been continuously expanding. We all know that many problems are bound to come up during breeding, and many diseases will be caused, and cow parturient paresis is also a very common phenomenon. So what we are going to learn about today is the causes, symptoms and treatment of cow parturient paresis. Let's take a look.
Causes of Parturient Paresis
Cow parturient paresis includes prepartum paresis and postpartum paresis. The main cause of prepartum paresis in cows is unbalanced nutrition, with the body lacking certain necessary vitamins and other trace elements. At the same time, it may also be related to the cow's age at calving and its own physique. Next, it is also closely related to the breeder's feeding management and daily management. Improper daily management mainly shows up as too much exercise or a lack of moderate exercise, either of which may lead to prepartum paresis in cows. The main cause of postpartum paresis is related to the cow's own physique, and the next issues lie in feeding management and nutritional matching, all of which can indirectly lead to postpartum paresis in cows.
Symptoms of Paresis
Paresis in cows is not sudden; it shows symptoms over a certain period of time. The early symptoms of paresis in cows are weakness in the hind legs, lying down after standing and walking for only a short while, then gradually showing frequent difficulty standing up, and even if it stands up it cannot stay on its feet for two minutes before falling down, and finally it develops to the point where it simply cannot stand up at all and can only lie paralyzed on the ground.
Treatment Methods
For the problem of parturient paresis in cows, we usually inject and feed it vitamins, calcium tablets, glucose and some other nutrients, which can help its body functions recover. It is best to do this once a day until all its body indicators return to normal. Next, we can also use traditional Chinese medicine methods for treatment, for example, using Chinese medicinal materials such as codonopsis (dangshen), astragalus (huangqi), atractylodes (baizhu), achyranthes (niuxi) and licorice (gancao) boiled in water to be taken. Finally, if there is really no other way, we can only call in a professional veterinarian for medication treatment.
Precautions
The biggest problem with parturient paresis in cows actually lies in breeding management, so what we need to pay attention to is taking even more careful care and looking after the cow after it becomes pregnant. We should prepare the most suitable feed for feeding according to the cow's physical condition. Next, we should clean and disinfect the cowshed from time to time, and then we should graze them an appropriate amount so that they get a certain amount of exercise, which can both strengthen their physique and also promote the absorption and digestion of nutrients. Finally, we should regularly give the cow a thorough health care routine.