What medicine is most effective for treating diarrhea in sheep?

Diarrhea in sheep is a very common disease in the process of sheep farming. However, many farmers do not know how to treat it and do not know the cause of diarrhea in sheep. Thereby delaying the treatment opportunity and affecting the health of the flock. So what medicine is most effective for diarrhea in sheep? Let’s learn more about it below.

1. Diarrhea caused by indigestion

This is mainly because the sheep suddenly eat a large amount of concentrated feed or green feed or grass with high moisture content.

Treatment method: For this type of diarrhea, farmers should reduce the amount of feed and add 1%-3% baking soda to the feed to adjust the rumen pH of the sheep and promote digestion. In addition, you can also feed some hay, which also has a good therapeutic effect.

2. Diarrhea caused by parasites

Diarrhea is mainly caused by gastrointestinal parasites. The main symptoms are that the sheep's body temperature generally does not rise, the diarrhea is not too severe, it is sometimes better and sometimes worse, the eating and drinking are basically normal, and worms can often be found in the feces of sick sheep.

Treatment method: Strengthen deworming work. You can use ivermectin subcutaneous injection + albendazole (or levamisole) oral deworming. Do it again orally one week after an interval. Two dewormings are more effective.

3. Diarrhea caused by bacteria

Because bacteria such as E. coli and Salmonella invade the sheep's intestines, the sheep suffer from diarrhea.

Treatment method: Treatment must be combined with nursing and symptomatic treatment. The drug of choice for Salmonella is chloramphenicol, followed by oxytetracycline and neomycin. Chloramphenicol is injected into lambs at a dose of 30-50 mg per kg of body weight per day, divided into 3 times. For adult sheep, 10-30 mg per kg body weight, injected intramuscularly or intravenously, twice a day. Escherichia coli can be treated with Lexapro by oral administration to sick sheep.

4. Diarrhea caused by mold

After being infected with mold, the sheep will suffer from stunted development and eat less. In the later stages of the infection, their body temperature will drop and they will have watery diarrhea. The color of their stool will turn yellow-gray, and in severe cases, they may also experience symptoms such as poisoning.

Treatment method: First, stop feeding moldy feed and forage immediately. You can add de-mold agents to the feed for prevention. For sick sheep, it is necessary to replace high-quality forage in time, and at the same time, give the sheep Amway Taibao orally twice a day, so that the diarrhea of ​​the sheep can be quickly controlled.

In general, there are many reasons for diarrhea in sheep. During the specific medication treatment process, we must first find the cause and then prescribe the right medicine, so that the medicine can be more effective.