What are the common medication precautions in cattle farming?

Cattle farming is an important livestock industry in China. With the continuous development of society, the degree of large-scale farming is getting higher and higher, but this comes with a high frequency of disease, and the most convenient and quickest treatment method is medication. However, problems such as unreasonable use, abuse and drug residues often occur when using medication, so what should be noted when using medication? Let's take a look with Qinnong.com.

1. Use antibiotics reasonably

Antibiotics are widely used in the farming industry. Their main function is to inhibit the growth of pathogenic bacteria and kill them, and they are often used for disease prevention and control as well as promoting growth and development. They are the most used and most widespread drugs in cattle farming, but there are often many unreasonable practices when using them, such as giving cattle oral antibiotics, which creates a huge hidden danger for the cattle. Cattle are ruminants, and they mainly eat coarse fibrous food, but their own stomach and intestines cannot digest and absorb these fibers. It is mainly through the beneficial microorganisms living in the stomach and intestines that break them down and ferment them that they can be absorbed. But after oral antibiotics, these beneficial microorganisms that help with digestion will be inhibited and killed, causing indigestion, and ultimately increasing the burden on gastrointestinal function. Over a long period, this can very easily cause gastrointestinal diseases.

2. Reasonable drug compatibility

Drugs all have their own unique effects, and in order to achieve the best results, two or more drugs are often used in combination so that the medicinal effect can be maximized. However, drugs have different specifications and dosages, as well as different pharmacological differences, so when combining them, you must have a good grasp of the medicinal effect, pharmacology and other factors of each drug, and carry out reasonable and scientific compatibility. If the compatibility is improper, it will not only waste drugs and cause losses, but may even have the opposite effect and worsen the condition, so when using medication you must master the techniques of compatibility.

3. Drug residues 

Now many farmers, in order to speed up the treatment cycle of disease, or to speed up the time to market, often use heavy doses and strong drugs, and use drugs indiscriminately, which often leads to the phenomenon of drug residues in cattle, and this is also a problem that gives the farming industry and food industry a severe headache. When we eat beef with drug residues, it will affect our health, and in severe cases it can cause drug poisoning and endanger life safety. When using drugs, you must use them as required. Never increase the drug dosage, and after using medication, you must make sure the drug residue level is lower than the national standard before selling them on the market.

4. Drug resistance

Drug resistance is also a relatively common problem in China. Most of China's farming industry is small-scale and free-range, and the level of intensive management is low, resulting in less popularization of many advanced farming techniques. So in many cases, farmers use traditional methods to prevent and treat diseases, and most of the time use one drug for prevention and treatment of diseases. This leads to the production of many drug-resistant offspring, and if a new disease appears, these drugs will lose their effect. Over time, diseases become harder and harder to treat, and the development of new drugs is far slower than the speed of mutation. Therefore, when using medication, you must use drugs reasonably and scientifically. The same drug should not be used continuously, and when treating diseases, two or more drugs should be used in combination to reduce drug resistance in cattle.

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