How to distinguish healthy goats from sick goats?

First, observe the movements of the sheep. Healthy goats often get together, whether eating or resting. Their gait is stable and flexible. When resting, most of them lie on their side. When they lie down, their bodies will stretch, and when strangers approach, they will quickly dodge. Sick goats often stand alone, grazing often falls behind the sheep, limping or circling, stiff limbs or inconvenient movement, and various abnormal postures appear when lying on the ground. Second, observe the feeding and rumination of sheep. Healthy sheep take the initiative to feed, while sick sheep lose appetite. Whether rumination is normal or not has a certain relationship with the health of sheep. Rumination usually begins at 0.5~ 1 hour after feeding, and lasts for 30~40 minutes each time-ruminating 6~8 times day and night. The number of ruminants in sick sheep decreased or stopped ruminating. Burping is a physiological phenomenon of sheep. Healthy sheep can observe the reverse peristalsis wave from bottom to top in the cervical esophagus at rest, which is called belching action, generally 20~30 times per hour. The decrease of burping is a sign of rumen motor dysfunction. The cessation of belching occurs simultaneously with loss of appetite and rumination, which may lead to belching in rumen. The increase of belching is the result of vigorous rumen fermentation or enhanced rumen motor function. Third, listen to the voice of the sheep. Healthy goats will make loud and rhythmic calls. The cry of sick sheep often changes, and you can hear breathing, coughing and bowel sounds without stethoscope. Fourth, observe that the fur of healthy goats is smooth, not easy to fall off and shiny. The fur of sick sheep is unkempt, dull and easy to fall off. Five, touch the goat horn Healthy goats have cool horns and gentle roots. The horn roots of sick sheep feel too cold or too hot. Sixth, observe healthy eyes. Goats have flexible eyes, bright eyes, free eye movements, flexible eyelids, clean and moist eyes and red conjunctiva. Sick sheep have dull eyes, drooping eyes, slow response, pale conjunctiva and abnormal secretion. Seven. Ear observation Except for the "big drooping ears" of Jianzhou big-eared sheep, most healthy goats' ears are often upright and flexible. Sick sheep have low earlobes and don't shake their ears. Eight, observe the tongue healthy goat's tongue is pink and shiny, flexible rotation, normal tongue coating. The tongue of the sick sheep is inactive, soft and weak, and the tongue coating is thin and light, or thick and thick. 9. Observe that the oral mucosa of oral healthy goats is reddish, and it feels warm with hands without fishy smell. The sick sheep's mouth is cold and hot, and the mucosa is pale, drooling or flushing is dry and smelly. X. Observe the physiological sweating of healthy sheep with a nasal mirror, so it is moist and slightly dry when eating or ruminating. The sick sheep's nose mirror is dry. 1 1. Observation of feces and urine It is of great significance for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal diseases to observe the defecation movement, frequency and amount of feces, as well as the hardness and impurities of feces in goats. The excrement of healthy sheep is spherical, the surface is moist and smooth, dark green, dry but not hard, deformed or crushed by hand after landing, and there is no unpleasant smell. When various types of enteritis, enterotoxemia and some infectious or parasitic diseases occur, the feces are gruel or watery, sometimes mixed with small bubbles, or mixed with a lot of mucus, blood and stench. When lambs suffer from diarrhea, they excrete light yellow or grayish yellow thin feces. When there is water shortage, intestinal retardation and constipation, the frequency of defecation is reduced, and the dung ball is dry and fine, which is difficult to crush by hand after landing. In severe cases, defecation stops. Healthy goats urinate 3-4 times a day. When a ewe urinates, she opens her hind legs, arches her back and raises her tail. With the participation of abdominal muscles, her bladder contracts and urine can be excreted quickly. When a ram urinates, urine can be excreted in a trickle, without the participation of abdominal muscles, only the contraction of perineal urethra is needed. If the sheep feels uneasy when urinating, look back at the abdomen and wag its tail, indicating that there is acute inflammation in the urethra. The urine of healthy sheep is clear, colorless or slightly yellow and turns red, indicating that there is bleeding in the urethra or a large number of red blood cells are destroyed, resulting in hemoglobinuria. In acute nephritis or pyelonephritis, urine is mixed and sometimes milky white.