Why do mutton sheep need medicated bath? How to take a medicated bath

The purpose of medicated bath is to prevent and treat sheep ectoparasites, such as sheep lice, ticks and scabies.

Medicated bath time: it can be decided according to the specific situation. In areas where scabies often occur, you can take medicine bath twice a year, one is therapeutic medicine bath, which takes place 7 ~ 10 days after shearing in spring, and the other is preventive medicine bath, which takes place in late summer and early autumn.

Commonly used medicinal bath drugs: trichlorfon, phoxim, Bao Suli, 30% dimethomorph EC, etc.

Precautions for medicinal bath: medicinal bath should be carried out in the morning with warm weather, so that wool can be dried at noon; Stop grazing and feeding before bathing, and let the sheep drink enough water 2 hours before bathing to prevent the sheep from drinking the medicine by mistake when they are thirsty; Before the medicated bath, 3 ~ 5 sheep with poor physique were used for a trial bath, and after the liquid medicine was safe, the medicated bath was organized as planned. Give healthy sheep a bath first, then give sick sheep a bath, and the sheep with trauma will not use medicine for the time being; The duration of medicinal bath is 2 ~ 3 minutes for diagnosis and treatment, and prevention 1 minute; During the medicated bath, in order to prevent poisoning, medicated bath personnel should wear masks and rubber gloves; Don't pour the used potion indiscriminately to prevent livestock from eating it by mistake.

Medicinal Bath Building: The medicinal bath is generally made of cement, with a rectangular groove shape, depth 1m, length 10 ~ 15m, bottom width of 30 ~ 50cm and top width of 60 ~ 10cm. 1 It is advisable for sheep to pass without turning around. The entrance to the swimming pool is steep. The inlet end is provided with a sheep storage ring, and the outlet end is provided with a drip tray, so that the liquid medicine on the sheep can flow back to the pool.