Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 46, Horses and Cows
"Are you the veterinarian Captain Cao invited? You're so young, do you know how to treat horses? Why didn't I see you at the veterinary theory and technology conference held in Beijing yesterday?"

Yan Hongjian, relying on the fact that he was the only veterinarian in the zucchini production team, asked in a condescending manner with a dignified attitude.

As the zucchini production team is responsible for raising horses, although raising horses is not the only task of the team, it is also a very important task.

If there weren't so few veterinarians across the country, there wouldn't be only one veterinarian in the entire zucchini production team.

Therefore, Yan Hongjian has a quite high status in the zucchini production team.

"Well, I really don't know how to treat it. How about this comrade teach me?"

The other party's arrogant attitude was really annoying, so Zhao Mancang directly retorted sarcastically.

"If you don't know how to do it, why are you coming here? Are you trying to embarrass yourself here?"

Yan Hongjian's words became more and more outrageous, and Cao Deqing couldn't stand it anymore: Is he mentally retarded?

"Alright, Comrade Yan Hongjian, this is Comrade Zhao Mancang, whom we finally invited. He's very skilled. Go and take care of your own business."

The implication in Cao Deqing's words was already explicit, but Yan Hongjian didn't know whether he didn't understand or felt that his position was challenged, so he didn't leave but chose to stand aside.

"I'm free and have nothing to do. I'll just stand here and see how Comrade Zhao solves these problems. I hope he doesn't kill or maim the horses."

With such emotional intelligence and IQ, if Yan Hongjian's veterinary skills were not good, Cao Deqing would have probably kicked him out.

Zhao Mancang shrugged, grabbed Jiang Dayong who was about to speak, and prepared to start treatment.

"Old Zhao, are you sure?"

Seeing that Zhao Mancang had stepped into the manger to observe, Jiang Dayong followed in, came closer and asked in a low voice.

"I don't know yet, let's see what the situation is."

Generally speaking, there are many reasons why horses experience loss of appetite, vomiting, etc.

For example, stress, dental problems, salt deficiency, stomach ulcers, colic, parasites, etc. are all possible reasons.

Zhao Mancang squatted in the trough, looked around, and asked the breeder of the zucchini production team to pry open the horse's teeth for a closer look.

"Captain Cao, when did these five horses stop eating?"

He has already ruled out many possibilities in his mind, but he cannot come to a conclusion yet.

The best solution is to treat the disease accordingly.

"It was a week ago, but they all started at different times. These two started two days earlier, and this one started about three or four days later than the others."

According to Cao Deqing, the horses showed symptoms at different times.

It's so weird.

Zhao Mancang frowned when he heard this, and Jiang Dayong's heart suddenly tightened: Could it be that it really cannot be solved?
You know, before coming here, he assured Cao Deqing that there would be absolutely no problem.

After all, Zhao Mancang had been very confident in his past performances, and the disease was almost cured quickly.

Why is it that this time he not only asks so many questions but also frowns?

Jiang Dayong didn't quite understand what the problem was, but Yan Hongjian sneered:
"Haha, if you don't know, then don't. Why are you so arrogant? I've been studying it for four or five days and still haven't solved it. Do you think you can solve it right away?"

Yan Hongjian is a veterinarian after all. Although he did not receive formal veterinary technical education in school, he has also summarized a lot of experience through his own exploration.

Yan Hongjian has been a popular figure at veterinary representative conferences over the past few years. The current problems with the horses are indeed a headache, but Yan Hongjian believes that with a little more time, they should be able to resolve them.

Unfortunately, Cao Deqing had a heavy responsibility and was afraid that his superiors would suddenly need horses to carry out the mission, so he was unwilling to delay any further and sought external assistance.

Zhao Mancang glanced at Yan Hongjian and said nothing.

He turned around and said to Captain Cao Deqing:

"Captain Cao, I think I've figured out the cause of the horses' loss of appetite. I'll start treating them now. Please cooperate."

He was too lazy to wait any longer, because based on the answers of Cao Deqing and the others and the current condition of the horse, the most likely possibility was that it had parasites.

And this parasite is not an ordinary parasite, so the situation may be a bit troublesome.

The most important thing is that more than a week has passed, especially for the horses in front.

Besides parasites, another possibility is that the horse has ingested metal.

It stands to reason that it is unlikely for a horse to eat metal, and it is unlikely for a horse to have parasites in its stomach, because horses are livestock that need to be fed in a centralized manner, with breeders supplying feed at different times.

In addition to feeding grass, horses also need to be fed concentrated feed in several batches, and horse concentrate is much more expensive than cattle concentrate.

Cows are allowed to graze freely outside, but this is basically impossible for horses.

Horses have greater endurance and are much stronger than cows, but they have not been the main livestock in China's agricultural civilization for more than 5,000 years. Instead, northern oxen and southern buffaloes have been the main livestock.

The reason is that cattle can graze freely, while horses need to be fed concentrated feed, which is too expensive.

In this case, the horse is less likely to ingest metal or have parasites.

However, there is such a valley near the zucchini production team, and due to the times, it is generally not possible to feed the horses so often during non-war periods, and they are left to solve the problem in the wild.

Even so, horses are very picky eaters and probably won't eat anything else.

Zhao Mancang was too lazy to find out the reason behind it, so he started treatment immediately.

During this process, Yan Hongjian was still provoking, but was sent away by Cao Deqing.

It keeps chattering, it's so noisy!

After finishing the busy work, it was almost noon.

At Cao Deqing's warm invitation, Zhao Mancang and Jiang Dayong stayed in the zucchini production team and had a meal.

Not long after the meal, the breeder came to report the good news: all five horses were able to eat on their own successfully.

"Do they defecate? Have you carefully observed their defecation?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Mancang immediately asked.

"Yes, they all have bowel movements."

After hearing the breeder's words, Zhao Mancang stood up, called Cao Deqing, Jiang Dayong and others, and came to the manger.

When Zhao Mancang and the others saw the horse's feces, or to be more precise, when the breeder scattered the feces, everyone's eyes widened.

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