Dutch pig is what we call guinea pig, and it is also a popular pet nowadays. If the guinea pig's body is not affected by the disease, it usually lives for about 10 years, which is not a short time. Therefore, disease prevention is an important factor to ensure the longevity of guinea pigs. Let's first find out what common diseases guinea pigs have.
First, vitamin C deficiency
Dutch pigs can't produce vitamin C directly, so they need to extract a lot of vitamin C from food. When the food contains too little vitamin C, it is easy to get this disease, which leads to hypoplasia, even weight loss, joint swelling and inability to walk well. If left untreated, you will die in 2 ~ 3 weeks. It can be treated by feeding vitamin C. Usually, it can be prevented by feeding carrots, oranges, green leafy vegetables and fruits with sufficient vitamin C.
Second, fleas
Dutch pigs are prone to fleas, which grow on the roots of their hair, making them feel itchy and even depilate, especially near their ears. Usually fleas are caused by poor sanitary conditions or humidity. Insecticide can be used to kill fleas. But usually it can be prevented as long as the hair is fully combed. In particular, it is highly contagious, so it must be isolated and the cage disinfected.
Third, dermatophyte infection.
Because of the dermatosis caused by mold, the affected part will have round hair removal. Because it is highly contagious, it will not only infect other Dutch pigs, but even infect us, so we should pay special attention. When Dutch pigs are sick, try to reduce contact with them and avoid infection.
Four, Salmonella disease
Salmonella is widely sensitive to vertebrates, and is a common pathogen of human and animal diseases, which is widely distributed in nature. Guinea pigs can show serious clinical symptoms after infection, but mice and rats can not show clinical symptoms for a long time after infection. Healthy guinea pigs can be infected through the digestive tract. Polluted feed, drinking water and bedding are the sources of infection, while flies, wild rats and fish meal can lead to the pollution of the above items. Virulence, serotype, bacterial number, infection route, age, strain, animal immune function, environmental temperature change, nutrition change, experimental treatment and other factors can all affect the pathogenicity and sensitivity of animals.
The clinical symptoms of Salmonella infection in guinea pigs can be divided into three types: acute infection, subacute infection and recessive infection. Infected mice usually have symptoms such as loss of appetite, hair disorder, weight loss, fecal discharge, dyspnea, abortion, defecation, etc., and usually die within a few days. Subacute guinea pigs often have abdominal distension, diarrhea and conjunctivitis. Guinea pigs with latent infection can show mild symptoms of loss of appetite and weight loss.
The main preventive measures of this disease are strict feeding management, preventing the pollution of wild rats in feed, strengthening disinfection and sterilization in all aspects of feeding, paying attention to the inspection of the carrier status of breeders, and establishing a group of rats without this disease by caesarean section.
To prevent these diseases, the first thing is to ensure that the daily living environment of guinea pigs is clean and not infected by bacteria, and the living environment should be kept as dry as possible to avoid bacteria themselves to the greatest extent and protect the health of guinea pigs.