OBS Chapter 581 Swine Fever Outbreak
Chapter 581 Swine Fever Outbreak
Liu Jingxue didn't expect that she would gain something from her first experience of flying with a sword in the mountains and forests. It seems that she needs to travel more frequently in the future.
It was almost five o'clock when I got home, and in another hour or so I would have to get up and go to work.
Liu Jingxue didn't even have time to look at the things that Tuanzi had put into the space. After throwing the cleaning technique on herself, she went into the alchemy room to sleep.
There was still more than an hour before she had to get up, which was enough time for her to take a nap in the time formation.
In the following time, Liu Jingxue worked in the fields in the morning, went into the space to practice and make medicine in the afternoon, and relaxed and entertained in the space in the evening.
At nine or ten o'clock, when everyone in the Red Star Production Team had fallen asleep, she would fly on her sword in invisible mode and search the forest.
After searching a certain area in a day, she would return and go into the space to sleep so that she could have enough energy to go to work the next day.
After a period of time, she searched all the mountains and forests close to the Red Star Production Team, and discovered several other treasure troves.
However, the amount of treasure was not as large as the first discovery.
Liu Jingxue put the smaller ones into the space and kept them as her own.
If there are large quantities, after collecting them into the space, she will send them to the treasure cave where they were first discovered.
After leaving a few boxes as his reward, he put the rest into the cave, ready to hand them in later.
After this operation, the number of treasure chests in the first mountain has exceeded 2000.
After searching the nearby forests, Liu Jingxue planned to move further afield.
However, something happened that disrupted her plan and stopped her from searching further.
The poultry farms of the Red Star Production Team are running smoothly.
So far, the number of chicken, duck and goose farms, big and small, has almost reached 2000.
The first batch of chickens, ducks and geese started laying eggs a long time ago. Now the number of chicken, duck and goose eggs we pick up every day adds up to more than 600.
After the rabbit farm went into the mountains and caught the first batch of breeding rabbits, after several months of breeding, the number of rabbits of all sizes in the rabbit farm has reached nearly 200.
The sheep farm initially brought in two groups of sheep from the mountains, including a pregnant ewes who have already given birth.
The number of sheep in the sheep farm is close to 50.
With these as experimental subjects, Liu Jingxue had already developed feed for chickens, ducks and geese that could increase egg production, as well as feed formulas for feeding pregnant ewes and rabbits, and handed them over to the team leader.
As for the feed formula for pregnant sows, in June, the two pigs that had been used as experimental subjects in the team leader's family successfully became pregnant after being bred with boars from other production teams. Liu Jingxue also used them as research subjects, worked out a feed formula for sows, and handed it over.
Now the chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits and sheep are all available for sale, but after discussion, the team decided not to sell them in a hurry.
For chickens, ducks, and geese, the females should be kept for laying eggs, and the males should be kept for breeding so as to produce more cubs.
Rabbits and sheep should also be kept for breeding, and some will be sold before wintering.
Poultry cannot be sold, but chicken, duck and goose eggs can be sold.
Since the chickens, ducks and geese started laying eggs, Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao's main task is no longer to work in the fields, but to find sales channels for the team.
The two of them now often go to the town to sell the eggs harvested by the team.
Fortunately, the two of them had accumulated customers when selling vegetables last year, and they had specially developed new customers in the past six months. They did not disappoint the trust of the team leader and sold all the eggs.
What stopped Liu Jingxue from exploring further was not anything else but the pigs in the pig farm.
In March, the production team brought back a batch of pigs. In addition to the task pigs raised by each household and the pigs that each household planned to raise themselves, there were 10 pigs in the pig farm.
Because the ice had not thawed yet and it was not possible to build a pig farm, the pigs were temporarily fostered in villagers' homes.
It was not until the pig farm was built that the 10 pigs were brought back to the farm.
As for the task pigs that deliver tasks, based on the principle that all eggs should not be put in one basket, they are still raised in different households.
The pigs in the pig farm eat feed. After several months of feeding, they have weighed 180 kilograms each. The team plans to sell these pigs in August.
The production team plans to sell two batches of pigs a year. The first batch will be sold next month. In order to sell the second batch of pigs in December, the piglets must be brought back now.
The two sows in the captain's family are due to give birth in October, so it's too late.
So a few days ago, the production team went to other production teams to buy a new batch of piglets and raised them in the pig farm.
But no one expected that the end of these piglets would bring disaster.
Perhaps these piglets were carrying the virus, but they had no symptoms at the time and could not be detected. After being caught and raised for a few days, they began to develop symptoms one by one.
That night, Liu Jingxue was watching TV in her space to kill time, planning to explore the mountains and forests farther away when the night got darker.
However, at this time, Tuanzi reminded her that the captain was leading people outside and looked quite anxious.
Upon hearing this, Liu Jingxue quickly changed her clothes, left the space, made the kang, and pretended to be going to sleep.
After the gate was knocked several times, she quickly opened the door, walked out of the room, and trotted to the gate.
After opening the gate, Liu Jingxue looked at the captain and his wife outside, as well as the male villager who was on night watch at the pig farm, and asked curiously,
"Captain, Aunt Sufen, Uncle, why are you here at this time?"
The anxious captain spoke directly, "Xiaoxue, I'm afraid the new piglets at the pig farm have contracted swine fever."
How could the team leader not be anxious? You have to know that the pig farm is not large now, and those new piglets are in adjacent pig pens to the previous batch of pigs.
The piglets have contracted swine fever, and I'm afraid it will soon spread to the first batch of pigs.
You know, those 10 big pigs weigh more than 180 kilograms each, and they are going to be sold and paid for next month. If they are infected with swine fever and die, all the hard work of the production team in the past few months will be in vain.
At this time, it is not appropriate to move out the piglets that have been infected with the disease, or to move out the adult pigs that may have been infected with the virus but have not yet shown symptoms.
There is no place for the pig farm, so if it is to be moved, it should be moved to the villagers' homes. But people already raise pigs at home. If it is moved there, the swine fever will spread and harm the villagers.
Liu Jingxue didn't expect that after waiting for several months, the swine fever came at this most critical moment.
"Captain, are you sure it's swine fever?
In this season, when it is so hot, can pigs still get plague?"
Isn’t it said that swine fever is easily infected in autumn and winter? How come there is swine fever in summer?
The captain nodded affirmatively, "Gangzi just came to me and said that the piglets were sick. Your aunt Sufen and I have already taken a close look and confirmed that it is swine fever."
"Xiaoxue, one of our pigs died of swine fever in the past, so I am very familiar with the symptoms of swine fever.
The piglets are definitely suffering from swine fever based on the condition they are exhibiting.
Also, swine fever is only prevalent in autumn and winter, not in other seasons." Wu Sufen said.
"Xiaoxue, you have been researching swine fever before, so this time it depends on you.
The first batch of pigs will soon be ready for slaughter. If they die from disease, the loss will be huge.”
Although the captain kept reminding himself in his heart not to put too much pressure on Liu Jingxue, he was so anxious that he couldn't help but say these words out loud.
Liu Jingxue didn't care, "Captain, I will try my best.
Wait for me a moment, I'll get some herbs and go to the pigsty with you."