Sheep peste des petits ruminants called sheep plague, pseudo rinderpest, be caused by of Peste des petits ruminants virus, fever, stomatitis, diarrhea, pneumonia is an acute contagious disease characteristics. Recently, our country many sheep peste des petits ruminants epidemic, pose a great threat to the sheep production, black goat is the same belong to the vulnerable groups.

A, epidemic characteristics

The disease mainly infected small ruminant animal, especially a goat more susceptible, clinical symptoms are more serious; the source of infection for sick animal and secretions, excretions and the contaminated fodder, utensils and drinking water; the disease is through direct or indirect contact transmission, route of infection in the respiratory tract, the drinking water can also cause infection; the incubation period is generally 4 - 6 days, the longest can be up to 21 days; susceptible herd incidence is usually above 60%, mortality rate

Can reach more than 50%.

Two, clinical symptoms

Hunan Nubia black goat clinical symptom were typical, sheep symptoms are generally mild; a sudden fever, the 2-3 object temperature heating up to 40 - 42 Deg. C, sheep disease death more concentrated in the heating period; fever symptoms, disease of sheep oral mucosa mild congestion, then appear erosion; early disease with watery nasal drops, then become purulent catarrhal like nasal fluid, blocking nostrils causing difficulty in breathing, nasal intimal necrosis, eye flow discharge, appear conjunctivitis; most sheep disease severe diarrhea or dysentery, caused by rapid dehydration and weight loss, pregnant ewes and miscarriage.

Three, prevention and control measures

1, strengthen immunization. The good immune effect of vaccine immune disease, should be paid attention to when the herd health status, purchased new flock must be isolated for observation, to ensure that the herd health shall be immune. (Note: if no outbreak can be done if the existing vaccine, epidemic, or have signs of disease, never vaccinated, there are too many lessons in blood, the current domestic small ruminant seedlings were inoculated with live vaccine, a head, a head.)

2, to strengthen the breeding management. Foreign personnel and vehicles should be disinfected before entering, is strictly prohibited from the affected area introduction of exotic sheep, sheep, particularly from live sheep market sheep must be isolated for observation for 21 days or more after the call, it was confirmed the healthy disease free, can be mixed flocks.

3, use of Herba Houttuyniae + dexamethasone + + intravenous immune globulin or immune globulin into con but this con friend liannong pastoral used effect is not ideal, feeling very cheated taste. Feed into a coarse material with grand lincomycin mixture.

3, special remind, according to official statistics, the sheep inoculated peste des petits ruminants according to individual difference after 7-21 days can produce effect, herd immunity immunity is about 70%, the immune period is 3 years, after immunization of the ewe lamb postpartum generation March age has its antibody, March age antibody will disappear. So a new lamb should be chosen in February age before and after inoculation of Peste des petits ruminants vaccine.

If you want to learn more about the black goat breeding technical problems, please call the union of agricultural and animal husbandry technology hotline: 4008460588