News briefing： APHTHA OF SHEEP, officially known as “Contagious impetigo of the sheep”, is primarily an infectious disease caused by the sheep aphtha virus, which can occur in both goats and sheep.

APHTHA OF SHEEP, officially known as “Contagious impetigo of the sheep”, is primarily an infectious disease caused by the sheep aphtha virus, which can occur in both goats and sheep. 

It is characterized by Papules, blisters, pustules, and crusts on the lips, nose, eyelids, breasts, limbs, and Oral Mucosa. Aphthous ulcers of sheep mainly occurred in lambs less than one-year-old, 3 ~ 6 months old lambs were easy to be infected, and adult sheep could also be infected, but the incidence was less, the incidence was high, and sporadic epidemic.

First of all, you can choose to use 1% potassium permanganate solution or 2% saline to wash and soften the affected area of the sheep, then thoroughly remove the scab and pustules, and then rinse and dry the wound repeatedly. Second, use 2% saline or 5% tincture of iodine to clean and disinfect the wound thoroughly, then apply 10% iodoglycerin or 2% purple liquid or bring powder to the ulcer surface of the sheep, once a day when severe, for a week or so.

 At the same time, you can choose to use penicillin potassium 160 ~ 2.4 million units, Viridian 100 MG, Aminopyrine 10 ml, mixed after the intramuscular injection, once a day, three days for a phase, after the interval of 2 ~ 3 days for the second phase of treatment. 

Generally, 2 ~ 3 stages of treatment can be carried out; cleaning and peeling off the diseased part of the SCAB can not be carried out every day, this is easy to cause the ulcer surface to expand, challenging to heal, and the general interval of 2 ~ 3 days again. After the above treatment, most in the second course of recovery, serious, and then the third course of treatment can be cured.

The rapid treatment of sheep Mouth Sore 

1. first warm salt water will scab the wound soft, and remove the scab of rotten epidermal tissue. Use Your hands to clean the wound so that you can wear surgical gloves to prevent infection. 

2. Disinfect the wound surface with the medicated cotton dipped in iodophor solution. (iodophor Good, disinfection effect is good and non-irritant)

3. the first few times can use iodine glycerin (that is, with armguard Glycerin Betadine mix configuration cream preparation) rub, wait for symptom relief can use erythromycin ointment. Two or three times a day, each time to sterilize. 

4, severe symptoms can be combined with intramuscular injection of penicillin, once a day each 400-800,000 units. 

5, the site for thorough disinfection, disinfection of infected sheep also wipe iodophor, to prevent the outbreak of mass disease.