Category: Ego Farm Product

SOME COMMON DISEASES IN BABY GOATS AT THE TIME OF THE SEASON

Part 1 : PNEUMONIA

Goats at EGO FARM

a) Causes and signs of the disease:

  • Pneumonia in goats usually appears between autumn and winter or early spring. Adverse factors of the environment such as low temperature, monsoon, dampness, cramped, un detected barns, goats sticking to rain … increases the incidence of the disease of goats.
  • Sick goats present with high fever, poor appetite, fatigue, moodyness, lying in one place, possible drooling, runny nose, cough and shortness of breath. In cases of severe illness and not timely treatment of goats are prone to death. The disease can turn chronic, the goat is sick, thin and very difficult to recover.

b) How to prevent the disease:


Keep the barn dry, clean, airy in summer and warm in winter. Periodically clean the barn with 10% lime water or 2% phenic acid. Feed the goats well, ensuring adequate nutrition; Food and water should be clean. Early detection of sick goats, isolation and timely treatment.

Scrubbing the barn to ensure barn hygiene

c) Administer


Treatment of bacterial infections: use of one of the following antibiotics for 4-5 consecutive days: Tylosin, dose of 11mg/kg volume/day; Gentamycin, dose 15mg/kg volume/day; Streptomycin, dose 30mg/kg volume/day; Take vitamin B1, vitamin C; Good care and nurturing

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Fisheries

Pangasius is known as a specialty in the Mekong River region, a popular export item in the world because of its rich Omega-3 content, good DHA and EPA, as well as a rich vitamin E content. Antioxidant.

Commercial Pangasius.
Vietnamese Pangasius is favored by many markets because of its white flesh color and delicious fish meat compared to other catfish species. This is one of the fastest growing aquaculture species in the Mekong Delta provinces and is one of the fish species with high export value.

Harvesting fish

Fish fillet

Goats

In recent time, goats have become a very popular in Vietnamese cuisine. Although they re superior food to beef and chicken, they have lower cholesterol level, lower saturated fat and lower calories with comparable protein, the surge in their popularity did not come from their benefits but people simply develop a taste for them and they are perfect for social dishes such as hotpots.

Caterpillar Fungus

Ophiocordyceps Sinensis (commonly known as Caterpillar Fungus): a very high value produce that until recently can only be harvested in the wild under very specific condition. It has been touted as “the Viagra of the Himalayas” and offer medicinal properties comparable to or higher than those in ginseng. The best quality Caterpillar Fungus that grow in the wild can fetch up to USD 50,000 a pound and is outside the financial mean of everyone except royalties and the ultra rich. Much effort has gone into cultivating the Caterpillar fungus in controlled environment. The price is now within the mean of many people but it is still a high value product. Many scientific studies have been conducted. Below is a study from the College of Science of Utah State University

https://herbarium.usu.edu/fun-with-fungi/caterpillar-fungus.