Don't let the environment kill you goslings

Don't let the environment kill you goslings

People often say: “The goose is good for raising and the young are difficult to breed.” In the scale production, the mortality of goslings from 0 to 21 days of age is relatively high. Among them, the death caused by poor environmental conditions and unscientific management accounts for the total number of deaths of goslings. More than 60%. The environmental factors causing the death of goslings are as follows: I. Temperature Geese are warm-blooded animals, and individual goslings have small individuals, thin villi, poor body temperature regulation, and poor adaptability to sudden change in temperature and temperature. Goslings get crowded in a low temperature environment below 26°C. Goslings that have fallen into the pile often die of suffocation. Manually disperse goslings crowded, gosling goslings are easy to catch a cold in the environment, people go after the geese get together again, sweating. Repeatedly, not only do more cold goslings grow, but the goslings can easily cause bristles after sweating many times and form stiff geese. Once the temperature of the geese exceeds 32°C, the goslings are lethargic, eating less, drinking more water, increasing body temperature, and blocking body heat, thereby affecting growth and development and inducing diseases. Long-term high temperatures can also cause a large number of goslings to die. The temperature requirement of the breeding goslings is appropriate and balanced: goslings from 0 to 7 days old require the shepherding temperature to be about 28°C, and then decrease by 2°C every week with the increase of their age, but the temperature difference between day and night cannot exceed 2°C. Second, the humidity Although the requirements for the environmental humidity of goslings are not as strict as the requirements for temperature, they must not be taken lightly. Practice has proved that when the humidity exceeds 80%, accompanied by temperature discomfort, goslings appear to be lack of energy, loss of appetite, crowded, difficulty breathing, diarrhea, loose hair and other symptoms, prominent performance is armpit hair, serious goslings whole The fluff of the head, neck, and back was all washed out, and it looked as if it had been pulled out with hot water. Most of these goslings are stunted, weakening their viability and resistance to disease, and they tend to become stiff geese and lose their feeding value in the future. In the environment of high temperature and high humidity, pathogenic microorganisms and parasites are easy to grow, feed and litter are easily mildewed, and the incidence of geese is also increased. At the same time, heat stroke of goslings is also caused. Third, starvation and lack of water As the remaining egg yolk is gradually absorbed, the metabolism of goslings is increasingly prosperous. Due to the small gastrointestinal volume of the goslings and poor digestion, the feeds required are of good quality and easy to digest. During the rearing process, we must group reasonably, and the size and height of the feed trough or tray must be appropriate, and the placement should be appropriate to ensure that every gosling can eat well and eat moderately (70% to 80% full). Freshly hatched goslings contain about 75% moisture. If the goslings do not drink water within 24 hours, the goslings will quickly appear mentally drastic, drooping wings, drowsiness, subsidence of the eyeballs, and partial skin shrinkage due to severe water loss. Other symptoms. Therefore, it is more important for young chicks to supply clean and warm drinking water than feeding. If drinking water is started, it cannot be interrupted without reason. Fourth, harmful gas goslings are very sensitive to carbon dioxide, ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and other harmful gases in the brooding room. When the amount of carbon dioxide in the environment exceeds 0.51 mg/kg, the content of ammonia exceeds 21 mg/kg, and the content of hydrogen sulfide exceeds 0.46 mg/kg, goslings will experience mental fatigue, rapid breathing, increased oral mucus, and loss of appetite. , Feather flabby embolism. If harmful gases continue to accumulate, the goslings will have corneal opacities, eyelid edema, tearing, runny nose, loss of appetite, and neurological symptoms such as maladaptive movements. Finally, the head of the gosling will rise upwards, convulsions, and die. The main causes of CO2 poisoning in goslings are high room temperature, poor ventilation in brooding sheds, and excessive geese breeding density. The main causes of ammonia and hydrogen sulfide poisoning in goslings are the lack of timely removal of organic matter such as damp, poor ventilation, dirty litter, and excrement. V. Drug poisoning As a result of multi-drug use and drug abuse, litter goose poisoning is very common in geese. The main reason is that the breeders lack the modern veterinary concept and use the wrong method of “no drugs can not raise chickens on a large scale”. From the start of the goslings, they blindly use nitrofurans (furazonin, etc.), antibiotics, and sulfonamides. Drugs, etc., cause acute or cumulative poisoning. Geese are herbivorous waterfowl with unique biological and physiological characteristics. Geese are more sensitive to drugs, especially goslings, because they are accustomed to long-term traditional extensive feeding. Practice has proved that as long as the brooding environment can always be kept clean, hygienic, dry, temperature, humidity, light, feeding density appropriate, the individual groups reasonable, good ventilation, and regularly feeding fresh and clean feed and drinking water, goslings will be able to Healthy growth, and not easy to have ordinary and parasitic diseases. As for gosling plagues, goslings with new type of viral enteritis, goose paramyxovirus diseases and other infectious diseases, the use of drug prevention and control is useless. Only by regularly immunizing geese and goslings according to prescribed immunization procedures, can we avoid the onset of disease and ensure production safety. . Six, extrusion and rodent brood chamber insulation conditions are not good, the gosling suddenly startled, goslings in the process of shipment bumps, irregular feeding water, feeding density, etc. will often cause goslings to squeeze death. The gosling has a maximum impact on the gosling within 3 weeks of age. It not only causes goslings to be killed and injured, but also causes diseases, harms other livestock and poultry, and must be strictly prevented. The key is to plug the mouse hole in the brooding room, pay attention to closing doors and windows and prevent rodents from entering.

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