Super Ranch: Brothers come to Africa to farm

Chapter 387 Schistosomiasis!
Among these newly recruited veterans, there was one who was just 27 years old and came from an inland province. His casual words suddenly opened Wang Lu's mind.

"I look at the symptoms of these cows, they look like they have worms in their stomachs?"

As soon as these words came out, Wang Lu suddenly became interested and hurriedly asked a few more questions.

"My hometown is in the Poyang Lake Plain. When there was a schistosomiasis epidemic more than ten or twenty years ago, the cattle in every household in the village were like this. They were so skinny that they were completely skin and bones. Later we found out that these cattle had worms in their stomachs. Well, after I took off the deworming medicine, the bugs looked scary. I heard that there were many people in villages near the lake who got this disease..."

The veteran also told the basis of his guess in detail.

Schistosomiasis?
Wang Lu has also heard of this infectious disease that spread widely in domestic freshwater waters at the end of the last century and the beginning of this century, and it is also a zoonotic disease...
The most important thing is, does this schistosomiasis also exist in Africa?

Wang Lu immediately called Dr. Hank over, and found out that the African region is indeed the most inclusive matching region in the world. Schistosomiasis is actually spread within the territory. It can be said that all kinds of contagious diseases are spread around the world. As long as the disease is not too special, you can almost find it in Africa.

When Dr. Hank was asked this question by Wang Lu, he immediately became enlightened!

"Shet! Why didn't I think that these damn parasites might be the cause of those guys' fever! Wang, you are simply a genius!"

"Hank, there is no need to compliment me here. I need you to verify this judgment immediately. I will not allow unexplained infectious diseases to appear on my ranch!"

Wang Lu said calmly that the most important thing right now is the diagnosis.

Dr. Hank soon took action. According to his judgment, schistosomiasis was very likely.

One of the previous blood test results of several veterans was an increase in the number of eosinophils, which was important evidence. His test method was also very simple and crude, which was to sample the feces of the veterans and the emaciated calves. .

The samples were rushed to the laboratory in Arusha for testing on the same day.

Before the results came out, Wang Lu also issued an order to everyone on the ranch, prohibiting everyone from approaching the Dom River. Wild animals on the grassland cannot be prohibited, but people can at least control them. After all, the source of the spread of schistosomiasis is In the water.

The final fecal sample test results also completely concluded the inexplicable infectious disease in the ranch. Schistosoma eggs were detected in the fecal samples of several febrile veterans and calves...

Suddenly, Wang Lu breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the cause of the disease is determined, the seriousness of the matter will not be that big!

As long as targeted treatment is given, the symptoms of several veterans will disappear soon, and the infectivity of schistosomiasis is limited to contact with the source of infection. As long as people take basic protection, they will not infect each other. The disease caused by this parasite is still controllable within the normal range and will not become widespread in a short period of time, not to mention that Wang Lu has already taken certain measures.

However, the source of schistosomiasis must be treated in time, otherwise there will be no hope for the safe development of so many calves in the pasture.

"Where did these damn schistosomiasis come from!"

Wang Lu, who calmed down, was also a little confused about this question. "In fact, schistosomiasis was once widespread in most of the local freshwater basins. The local people you know had no awareness of hygiene at all. This also led to the schistosomiasis raging in the local area for a long time without effective control and control. Suppression, but it seems that the local government later realized the seriousness of the problem, and with the guidance and help of your Huaxia team, it began to control the source of schistosomiasis."

Dr. Hank spread his hands helplessly. According to him, if the local people improved their hygiene awareness, the epidemic diseases in the local area would be greatly reduced.

As for the source of these schistosomiasis, Parker gave Wang Lu an explanation.

"Boss, in fact, our Dome River flows out of the pasture and borders the Mara River, and finally even connects to Lake Victoria. I think this is probably the reason why schistosomiasis appears in our pasture."

Regarding this problem, Wang Lu did not hesitate to ask for help from the Farm Reclamation Group.

After all, Dr. Hank also said that the local schistosomiasis prevention and control work is carried out under the guidance of the domestic team. If your own ranch needs a comprehensive management plan, you must have the help of a professional team.

The Agricultural Reclamation Group responded quickly. They recommended a team of experts in Dar es Salaam to Wang Lu. It was said that they came from China to guide the local medical team.

With the help of the Agricultural Reclamation Group and the fact that Wang Lu was a well-known Chinese entrepreneur who had appeared on CCTV, representing the outstanding results of comprehensive exchanges between the local and domestic areas, this expert team happily went to Wang Lu's ranch.

Of course, Wang Lu would not treat others badly, and all the reception specifications were arranged.

As soon as they arrived at the ranch, they went to the Dome River to investigate. After all, this is the only fresh water resource in the entire ranch.

With almost no effort, the expert team easily discovered some inconspicuous freshwater snails on some water banks with lush aquatic plants.

"It's a snail. This freshwater snail is the most common host of schistosomiasis. From now on, we can basically confirm that it is the source!"

According to the expert team, the reproduction speed of this kind of flat snail is astonishing, and the reproduction cycle is even as short as only a week. It is precisely for this reason that they have become the most favorite host of schistosomiasis.

In the past, the proliferation of snails in domestic freshwater areas led to the proliferation of schistosomiasis.

Fortunately, with domestic experience, we have already had mature plans for the management of these flat snails. In addition, Wang Lu’s pasture has only one freshwater resource, the Dome River, so it will be very convenient and very convenient to manage them. You will see results soon.

Of course, before that, the pasture's water source had to rely on the well that Wang Lu had drilled before. This kind of groundwater would not be a problem for the time being.

The Dome River is only polluted because those flat snails followed the water to their pastures, but as long as they are treated diligently, they will soon be restored to their original state, and subsequent strengthening of monitoring can also achieve results.

At this point, Wang Lu was officially relieved.

(End of this chapter)