The best cow disease control maintains the health of the cow with preventive measures to prevent the occurrence of diseases that can cause losses. Stated that efforts to develop beef cattle cannot be separated from health problems and diseases that are prone to attack livestock.
Preventive measures to maintain cow health are Maintain the cleanliness of the cage and its equipment, including bathing the cows, Sick cows are separated from healthy cows and treated immediately, Make sure the floor of the cage is always dry, Check the health of the cows regularly and vaccinate according to the instructions.
Under normal conditions, cows get digestive tract parasite drugs and vitamins at the beginning of rearing. Handling livestock health is also directed at reproductive health and general health. Cattle need to be given deworming medicine and vitamin B complex as well as environmental hygiene.
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Several types of diseases that often attack cattle include:
1. Snoring Disease (Septichamemia Epizootica).
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| Snoring Disease |
Cause: Pasteurella Multocida bacteria
Transmission: Direct contact between sick and healthy livestock, through feed, drink, insects and tools contaminated with disease germs
Symptoms of Disease:
- On the skin There is swelling of the head red or bluish color, as well as the mucous membrane of the tongue and swelling of the neck, anus and vulva.
- In the lungs and intestines inflammation of the lungs occurs, the mucous membrane of the intestines/stomach is sour dark red in color, high fever, difficulty in breathing and the breath sounds snoring, watery stools, sometimes mixed with blood, death occurs about 12-36 hours later after symptoms of illness .
Treatment: Immune serum dose of 100-150 cc subcutaneously, Streptomycin dose of 20 mg/kg body weight injected into meat muscle, Sulfadimin 2 gr/15 kg body weight injected into meat muscle, only performed by livestock workers.
2. Inflammatory Disease of the Spleen (Anthrax)
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| Inflammatory Disease of the Spleen |
Cause: Bacillus Anthraxis
Transmission: Direct contact between sick livestock and healthy livestock, through feed, drink, respiration or blood-sucking insects (flies, mites, etc.).
Symptoms of the disease: high fever, weak and shaking body, swelling in the neck, genitals and flesh filled with ulcers, watery stools, sometimes mixed with blood, thick black blood like tar coming out of all holes in the body (ears, nose, anus, pores) skin).
Prevention: Anthrax vaccination once a year, Isolate sick livestock from the group, Do not slaughter livestock with anthrax disease, Dead cattle must be buried as deep as 2 meters or burned.
Treatment: Antiserum dose of 100-150 ml/subcutaneous, Streptomycin dose of 10 gr for 5 consecutive days/intra-muscular.
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3. Scabies (scabies)
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| Scabies |
Cause: Sarcoptes (type of mite)
Transmission: Direct contact between sick and healthy livestock.
Symptoms: Hair loss and itching, There is a crust on the itchy hair, the skin color is red or there are wounds due to being bitten when itchy.
Prevention: Sanitation of cages, spraying with insecticides (pest-removal drugs), Sick cattle are isolated, Cattle are bathed and brushed, Give nutritious feed.
Treatment: Shave the hair on the wound, take a bath, scrape the skin and clean with hot water, give Azuntol spray, 1 gram mixed in 1 liter of water. This mixture can be used for 2 cows for 2 weeks, Mix 5 grams of sevin in 1 bottle of coconut oil and then spray it, Traditional treatment can also use used oil mixed with sulfur, then smeared.
4. Bloating Stomach Disease (Tymphani)
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| Bloating Stomach Disease |
Causes: Cows that eat too many nuts (legumes) that are not easily digested, or forage that is too wet or eats too much forage, There is a fermentation process that is too fast in the stomach or because of the large amount of forage that is digested it will form and accumulate gas which quite a lot, gas pressure that is too strong can cause the animal's breathing to be depressed and the stomach to become bloated.
Symptoms: The left side of the cow's stomach is enlarged, the appetite is reduced or completely lost, the cow is restless, shortness of breath, can cause death, if it is lying down it is difficult to stand back up.
Prevention/Treatment: Do not let growing cows become hungry, Do not give too much wet legumes, Give coarse food such as dry straw or hay, To expel gas, vegetable oil is usually given and antibiotics (Pennisicillin) are given. Another way is to use a stomach tube. If that doesn't work, use a trocar, which is inserted into the left side of the stomach. Traditionally, you can use 0.5 cups (100 ml) vegetable oil mixed with warm water, then drink it. Besides that, you can also use drinks that contain alcohol.