Cattlesland’s services do not stop at importing livestock and selling them to breeders, but the company keeps in touch with the breeders through an integrated cadre of veterinarians and agricultural engineers specialized in the field of animal production to provide advice and advice and answer the breeders’ questions on issues related to diseases that affect the herd and conduct field tours to inspect The state of the flock’s health or in the field of nutrition and fodder.
We will mention to you some of the most important diseases of cows, their transmission, symptoms and treatment methods:
Infectious rhinitis and tracheitis in cattle
It is one of the most famous cow diseases and ways to treat them that affect cows at a certain time each year and may cause many economic losses as it causes many severe symptoms on cows
The method of transmission of the disease:
The secretion of many virus bacteria and with the secretions of the respiratory tract, tear duct or reproductive system is transmitted through semen and paradise fluids inside animals infected with the disease. The disease is transmitted through the reproductive system through artificial or natural insemination. Air is the most important way that helps transmit infection through respiratory pathway
Symptoms:
A sudden and significant increase in temperature, ranging from 40 to 41 degrees Celsius.The occurrence of some acute infections within the respiratory tract accompanied by lacrimal and nasal secretions.It causes constant coughing and sometimes severe salivation.Bronchitis and mucous secretions.Breathing is done through the mouth.May cause miscarriage associated with placenta accrete and decreased fertility. Inflammation of the brain may occur.
Treatment:
There are two types of vaccine, which is a live attenuated vaccine and a non-virulent vaccine, one of which is used by intramuscular injection and the other is used by instillation through the nose.The organic vaccine is characterized as being used for calves of age and it is prohibited to use it for calves of infants and mothers of ten because it causes abortion.Dead, virulent vaccines can be found singly or in combination.
Foot and mouth disease in cattle
It is a viral disease that spreads rapidly, and there are seven different immune strains of the microbe that causes the disease, and each strain infects one or several different species of different animals.
The method of transmission of the disease:
It may be transmitted through the microbe that is found in milk, urine and oral secretions.The virus may infect the feed.Stagnant water used by the affected animal and food.It can be transmitted through inhalation because it is able to stay in air and dust.It may be transmitted through eye contact.The legs of infected and contaminated animals, when planted in contaminated mud, may cause disease transmission.
Symptoms:
The appearance of a primary water bubble within 24 to 48 hours at the site of injury to the body.The high temperature ranges from 24 to 36 degrees Celsius, and the infected cow secretes saliva in milk and feces, which leads to swelling of the lips of the infected cow, accompanied by continuous saliva from the mouth in the form of long silver streaks.The spread of various bubbles in the mouth, pharynx and gums, and sometimes these bubbles burst inside the mouth and cause an inflamed painful ulcer.Loss of appetite in the affected cow.The appearance of water bubbles on the feet, which causes ulcers and infections in the vesicles between the nails of the infected cow, and thus leads to difficulty walking and causes lameness of the legs of the infected cow.
Treatment:
Immunization and strengthening immunity against disease. Injections that cause hypothermia.Washing the mouth with disinfectants and sterilizers in order to treat sores and infections caused by water bubbles inside the mouth of the infected cow.Washing the mouth of the infected cow with 5% vinegar 3 times per day.Grease the udder apparatus with zinc ointment, actiol and glycerine in a ratio of 1:1.Disinfection and sterilization of infections and foot ulcers with a 10% copper sulfate solution for several times, then the udder is painted with tar or oil.Prevention and protection from the occurrence of secondary infection.Wash the nails with a solution of Cronicin and soapy water, then apply zinc oxide and creolin ointment with copper sulfate ointment, and wrap the nails with an antiseptic.Grease it with tar.Isolation of infected cows in a remote place while maintaining the prevention of mixing with healthy cows, and plankton and residues of infected cows are disposed of by disinfection, burning and burial.
Oral mucosal disease
The causes of disease:
Scratching of the mucous membrane by the teeth coming out of the mouth.
Thirst and drink large amounts of water. Weak appetite, constant salivation, suffering while eating, foul odor in the mouth, and the appearance of the mucous membrane in a reddish blue color.
Treatment:
He opens the cow’s mouth and examines its mouth to remove any foreign bodies stuck in it, or food that prepares the cow for soft and easy-to-chew feed, such as green alfalfa and green herbs.The cow’s mouth is washed on a daily basis using a solution of potassium permanganate by means of a plastic syringe at a ratio of 1000 per 1, using a solution of oxygen water or bicarbonate, and a solution of iodine and glycerin is applied to the scratched places.
Acute rumen bloating disease of cows
This disease occurs as a result of the fermentation processes that occur in the rumen and cause the accumulation of gases.
The causes of disease:
The cow eats green fodder moistened with rain or dew, including cabbage, green alfalfa, fodder beet, or immature corn, and swelling increases if the cow drinks water immediately after eating feed, and cows get bloated if they are fed rotten feed.
Symptoms:
Swelling on the left side of the cow (flank area)She stops eating feed, and notices her breathing difficulty.The cow refrains from ruminating with its mouth open.Always keep looking back. She hits her legs on her stomach.
Treatment:
The fodder is removed from the cow. The cow is taken to walk from a low place to a high place. Water is poured on her stomach if the weather is hot. The tongue is pulled out of its mouth several times, and the flank area is massaged by tight fists. The cow is given 15 grams of Ictiol by mouth on the rumen for ten minutes. Or 10-15 grams of formalin mixed in half a liter of water to reduce gas formation.
Pneumonia
The causes of disease:
The main reason
The corral is not well ventilated.
Cows breathe gases (such as sulfur ammonia)
Constant runny nose.
Coughing, especially when moving and drinking water.
Fodder photography.
Treatment:
Warm the corral and make sure it is well ventilated.
Calves are placed in a warm bed.
The veterinarian attends to provide the appropriate treatment prescription.
Mastitis (inflammation of the mammary gland)
It is the most common disease in milk-producing cattle worldwide.
The causes of disease:
Stress and physical injury.
Bacterial infection, which is infection by invading bacteria or other microorganisms (fungi, yeasts and possibly viruses)
Infection begins when microorganisms, fungi, yeasts and viruses penetrate the nipple ducts and multiply in the mammary glands.
Knowing the causative agent of the infection, bacterial infections have doses of antibiotics, while fungi are dealt with by giving cows antifungals, and often a complete cure is achieved.
Milk fever in cows
It is a term given to hypocalcaemia in cows.
The causes of disease:
Cows that produce milk in large quantities suffer from this disease, and the level of ionized calcium in the tissues decreases, which leads to the occurrence of the disease, and the level of calcium in the blood decreases in milk-producing cows with the beginning of milk production.
Symptoms:
This disease occurs in cows between the ages of 5 to 10 years.
The treatment is done by calcium to compensate for the deficiency in the body of the body.