OBS Chapter 571: Treating Chicken Plague (2)
Chapter 571: Treating Chicken Plague (2)
After Liu Jingxue finished speaking, she went to the chicken coop under the guidance of the Yang family.
First, he pretended to examine the sick chickens carefully, then he used a stick to poke their feces and studied it for a long time.
The chickens' condition did not seem to worsen and they looked a little more energetic, but they were not cured.
After finishing the research, Liu Jingxue took out the heat-clearing and detoxifying pills that she had prepared long ago and handed them to Aunt Yang who had been following behind her.
"Aunt, give each chicken half a pill, feed them now.
Feed half a pill in the evening."
At this time, the Yang family was very convinced of Liu Jingxue. After listening to her words, they fed each chicken half a pill in front of Liu Jingxue without any doubt.
After feeding her the medicine, Aunt Yang looked at Liu Jingxue expectantly.
"Liu Zhiqing, will my chickens be cured after I feed them the medicine twice?"
These medicines are not specific for treating fowl plague, but they still have certain therapeutic effects.
Moreover, even if there is a specific medicine for treating chicken plague, it is impossible for it to be so effective immediately that the patient can be cured after taking it twice. It will take at least a few days to take it.
The medicine for treating chicken plague had been prepared long ago, but Liu Jingxue couldn't take it out immediately. If she wanted to put on a full show, she had to go through some twists and turns in the middle, otherwise it would be too fake.
After listening to Aunt Yang's question, she shook her head and said, "Aunt, I'm not sure about this.
I developed these medicines after I looked at their condition yesterday. I am not sure about their specific effects. I will know the results after feeding them a few times.
But don't worry, these medicines will definitely help their condition, we just don't know how much help they will be.
The chickens will definitely be in better condition tomorrow than today, you can rest assured about that.”
"So should we continue or stop fumigating them with mugwort and feeding them with garlic and isatis root?"
"Stop taking the isatis root first. My medicine already contains isatis root, so you won't overdose.
As for fumigating with mugwort and feeding with garlic, you can continue.
Even after this chicken plague is over, you can still fumigate mugwort in the cages and feed them some garlic every few days.
In the season when chicken plague is prevalent, occasionally chop up herbs such as isatis root, plantain, chrysanthemum, and dandelion, mix them with chicken feed, and it can also prevent some diseases. "Liu Jingxue advised.
When Aunt Yang heard this, she quickly said to the children not far away, "Hurry up and write down the herbs that Liu Zhiqing just mentioned.
Liu Zhiqing had taught us about these herbs before. Next time you go up the mountain, pick more and bring them back for later use."
"Don't worry, mom. We've already written it down."
“It’s no good keeping it in mind, because you’ll forget it in a moment.
Dajiang, write it down on a piece of paper and give it to me later. I will keep it carefully."
Dajiang heard it, agreed, and ran into the house, probably to get paper and pen to record it.
After staying at the Yang family for a while and observing the chickens' reactions after taking the medicine, Liu Jingxue left the Yang family after making sure there was no problem.
"Auntie, remember to feed you the medicine again at night. I will come to see you tomorrow morning." Liu Jingxue did not forget to remind her before leaving.
"Don't worry, Liu Zhiqing. I won't forget it."
After leaving the Yang family for a distance, Liu Jingxue's shoulders drooped, her head hung, and she looked extremely dejected.
“Oh, acting is so tiring.
I don’t know if my actions have convinced them, and whether they will believe that I am doing research.”
Liu Jingxue thought carefully about her performance at the Yang family over the past two days and felt a little uncertain.
“It should be no problem. They don’t know what to do in research, so they should be able to fool around.
Never mind, I’ll go there again tomorrow and try to get the specific medicine to cure chicken plague.
There is a gap of two or three days in between, which should be enough.
If someone later doubts that we could develop it so quickly, I will say that I had read many medical books before and already had a direction.
This time I'm just verifying my guess.
With the medicines I made before, I don’t think many people would question it.”
After dinner in the cowshed that night, Wang Xiulan also asked about the chicken plague.
Because Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao were concerned about whether the production team would be able to develop the breeding industry after spring came and whether their ambitions could be realized in the production team, Liu Jingxue told them about the chicken plague in the production team.
He also mentioned that he was developing a drug to treat fowl plague.
As a doctor, Wang Xiulan naturally cares more about such things.
"Xiaoxue, have you visited the Yang family today? Have any of the chickens died of illness?"
"No, I used the method I used yesterday, and the condition of Yang's chickens has not deteriorated. They are now stable.
I have given them some of the ingredients I developed. Let them eat it for a day and see how it goes tomorrow.
Then I will adjust my prescription according to the specific situation.”
In front of someone like Wang Xiulan who understood the properties of medicine, Liu Jingxue didn't dare to say too much, for fear that she would notice something.
After all, what I am good at is pharmaceutical making and I have a better understanding of Chinese herbal medicine, but I am not really good at curing diseases.
If you talk too much, you will inevitably be exposed.
Fortunately, although Wang Xiulan knows a little about both Chinese and Western medicine, she has learned more about Western medicine. If she were a Chinese medicine doctor, she would have been forced out of office long ago, instead of being demoted because of Liu Weihua.
Because she didn't know much, she didn't ask any more questions and just told him,
"Xiaoxue, you need to pay attention to developing a drug to cure chicken plague.
Although I have never raised chickens, I have heard people talk about it a lot, whether in the military family compound or in the hospital, and I know that chicken plague is the thing that country people who raise poultry fear the most.
If you can really develop a drug to cure chicken plague, it will benefit the country and the people."
"Don't worry, Auntie, I will step up my efforts.
I had been reading books for a long time and looking for many previous cases, so I had some idea about it.
There have been ready-made cases for verification in the past two days, and we have become somewhat confident.
I will make adjustments tomorrow after I see how they perform after taking the medicine."
"It's good to be sure."
The next morning, Liu Jingxue went to Yang's house again and found that the condition of several sick chickens was better than before.
The Yang family members no longer had the anxious look they had in the past two days, and even showed a hint of joy.
"Liu Zhiqing, if my chickens continue to take the medicine you gave me before, will they be able to recover?"
Liu Jingxue had just caught a chicken and had been messing with chicken poop for a while. Dajiang, who was very smart, got her some hot water to wash her hands after she left the chicken coop.
While washing her hands, Liu Jingxue answered Aunt Yang's questions.
"Give the medicine to you once today, I'll go back and adjust it, and I'll bring you the new medicine in the afternoon.
After that you feed them the new medicine twice a day.
Feed it for two or three days and there should be no problem. "
"That's great." The Yang family cheered.
“After the chickens recover from their illness, remember to clean the chicken coop several times, burn all the hay and chicken droppings, and then disinfect with lime and wormwood.
To prevent the virus from being left behind and infecting the chickens later," Liu Jingxue reminded.
"Don't worry, Liu Zhiqing. We will definitely do as you say."
In the afternoon, Liu Jingxue delivered the special medicine for treating chicken plague to the Yang family as agreed, and told them to feed the chickens once tonight and twice thereafter.
If there is anything new, go to her.