[**Jingzhou Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Animal Husbandry].
Not only people can't live without salt, but cattle can't do without salt either. In the process of feeding, breeding friends often add some salt to the feed. So how do you add salt correctly? Under normal circumstances, 0 must be added to cattle feed5~0.8% salt to ensure that cattle are fed 5 grams of salt per 100 catties of body weight every day. Today, I will tell my friends about cattle raising, some wonderful uses of salt in the process of cattle raising!
It is possible to add salt to the feed, and it is also correct, and the amount of salt added in different situations is also different, and the purpose of adding salt can promote appetite, help digestion, enhance physical fitness, and improve disease resistance. Special attention must be paid to the amount of salt added, and poisoning can occur if the amount is too much.
The amount of salt used is different for calves: 25 to 30 grams per head per day; Adult cattle for meat: 50 to 60 grams per head per day; Breeding bulls: 70 to 80 grams per head per day.
The effect of salt has the effect of sterilization, appetizer, defecation, swelling, itching and other effects, and the reasonable addition of salt can be effective in the following diseases
1. Cattle flatulence.
90 grams of salt, 120 grams of camphor bark, 500 grams of radish seeds (shelled), decoction water and take it internally. Or 1000 grams of salt, 1500 grams of Vitex leaves (fresh), first knead the leaves of Vitex and then add salt to knead and take internally. Or 30 grams of salt, 100 grams of calamus root chopped, mix the two well, rub the beef tongue with it, and then pour water once.
2. Cattle cold pain.
30 grams of fried salt and chili pepper, 90 grams of cumin (fried slightly yellow), finely ground together, prepared with boiling water, and taken internally at one time.
3. Accumulation of food in the rumen of cattle.
60 grams of salt and ginger, 50 grams of yeast powder, 70 grams of cumin, 1 liter of vinegar and 0 sesame oil5 liters, 1 liter of water, once internally. or 0100-150 liters of 5% saline, repeated gastric lavage, wash out most of the contents, the effect is better.
4. Gastric distension in cattle.
400-500 grams of artificial salt, 250-400 ml of castor oil, once taken internally. or 30 grams of salt, 15 grams of alkaline noodles, 150 grams of garlic (mashed), 0 grams of white wine and 0 grams of warm water5 liters mix. The cow is taken internally at one time, or 100-150 grams of salt, and 0 grams of pickled cabbage waterMix 5-1 litres and take once after the salt has dissolved.
5. Cow constipation.
300-400 grams of salt, 600-800 ml of warm water. Mix and prepare into a 5% solution, once taken internally (salt per kilogram of body weight 0.).6-0.8 grams), after taking the medicine, it should be often taken and allowed to drink. Or 200-300 grams of salt, 50-100 grams of garlic (mashed into a puree) 4-6 liters of warm water, and the cow is taken internally at one time. This formula has a good effect on early defecation retardation, and oil laxatives can be used for severe cases where the gastrointestinal tract has fallen into relaxation. or 300-400 grams of salt (05-1 kg), dissolved in 4-8 liters of warm water, and then taken internally at one time. After administering the drug, take a proper walk, give water frequently, and defecate within 3-4 hours.
6. Bull's eye conjunctivitis.
Rinse the conjunctiva with cold saline or borax water 2 times a day.
7. Ox eyes are red, swollen and painful.
Rinse with salt water 1-2 times a day.
8. The cow is rotten.
Wet the affected area with saturated saline.
9. Gastroenteritis.
20 grams of salt, 15 grams of castor oil, 30 grams of charcoal, 50 grams of hearth soil, 4 liters of water, prepare into an emulsion, and take it internally every other day.
If the scale of cattle raising is relatively large, basically they will use licking bricks, and there are other minerals and trace elements in them, so that the cattle can grow better, like ordinary free-range households, raising three or two cows can buy some coarse salt, and add it to the water when feeding the cattle every day.
10. Foot-and-mouth disease.
Foot-and-mouth disease is a major obstacle in the cattle breeding process, and improper handling can cause cattle to lose money. Many cattle often die because of ulcers in the mouth and cannot eat normally. Under normal circumstances, as long as nutrition can be guaranteed, a little symptomatic ** cattle can tolerate foot-and-mouth disease.
Canker sores can be repeatedly scrubbed with table salt, which has a good effect. Grab a handful of salt and put it on the ulcerated part of the cow's mouth, scrub vigorously, and it is best to rub it for the first 2 times until you see blood oozing out. Scrubbing is carried out 2 3 times a day, and after 3 to 5 days, the cattle can resume normal feeding. For mouth ulcers caused by stomatitis, table salt also has a good effect.
11. Strengthen the stomach.
In the process of raising cattle, experienced cattle farmers will use salt to strengthen the stomach of the cattle. Generally, artificial mineral salt is often used in oral stomach health, 50 100 grams are used each time according to the size of the cattle, and appropriate warm water is mixed evenly and then administered. When cattle have anterior gastric relaxation, cattle can be slowly intravenously instilled with 500 1000 ml of concentrated salt injection, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis.
12. Slow diarrhea.
When cattle have symptoms such as rumen food accumulation and need to relieve diarrhea, artificial mineral salts can also be used. Use a small dose to strengthen the stomach, and a large dose to slow diarrhea. Generally, the dosage of laxative is 4 5 times the amount of stomach strengthening, and 200 500 grams are used each time according to the size of the cattle. Add 1500 to 3000 ml of warm water, mix well and take at one dose.
13. What will happen if the cattle are short of salt?
The fact is that once the cow is deficient in salt, it will also show the appearance of clear eyes, listlessness, loss of appetite, licking of foreign bodies, slow growth, dull coat, lack of luster and decreased reproductive ability, if it is a cow, its milk production will also decrease, and some will even show restless anorexia symptoms. At this time, it is necessary to add an appropriate amount of salt to the cattle feed, and supplement the cattle with sodium and chlorine, which are indispensable elements for the physiological activities of the animal, and these two important substances, in the plant feed, because of its very small content, long-term consumption of herbivorous animals is prone to the problem of insufficient sodium and chlorine, therefore, the cattle must be supplemented with an appropriate amount of salt in a timely manner, on the one hand, to supplement nutrition, on the other hand, to enhance appetite.
Salt as a flavoring agent to enhance appetite, but also to increase the appetite of cattle, of course, in fact, salt feeding is completely based on the physiological characteristics of cattle, to help cattle supplement nutrition, enhance the appetite of cattle.
14. How should salt be fed?
So how much salt can a cow add in a day? For calves, 5 10 grams of salt per cow per day and about 21 23 grams for adult cattle. In the mixture feed can be used in a proportion of 1%, dairy cows are generally 0About 5%, of course, this is mainly determined according to the physique and size of the cattle, because the amount of salt and the size of the cattle's appetite is proportional, when the amount of food is relatively large, the salt is relatively a little more, especially when eating grass, a little more. Of course, you can also take a large piece of salt and drill it, tie it to the side of the cow trough, and let it lick itself when it needs salt, and eat less when it doesn't need it. Long-term consumption of salt can improve the environment in the rumen of cattle, and then affect the life activities of microorganisms and enhance the nutrients required for the metabolic activities of microorganisms in the rumen.
Therefore, it is not easy to raise cattle, especially some details, if you don't pay attention to it for a long time, it will also cause losses to farmers.
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