Alleviate the bitter summer of sheep, what to do
Release time:
2018-07-25
In summer, many people will lose a few pounds. People often call this phenomenon bitter summer. In fact, animals, like people, do not think about eating in the hot summer. In summer, sheep lose fat, which is a common topic of professional sheep farmers. The main reason is that high temperature and high humidity reduce the feed intake of sheep, and the daily intake of nutrition is not enough. In order to prevent sheep from losing fat, measures should be taken from the following aspects. 1. to increase nutrition 1, feeding high quality forage selection of good palatability, high nutritional value of forage, such as green bean stalk, alfalfa and so on. Especially just weaned lambs and pregnant ewes need to pay more attention to this point. 2. Supplementary feeding of refined adult sheep, daily supplementary feeding
In summer, many people will lose a few pounds. People often call this phenomenon bitter summer. In fact, animals, like people, do not think about eating in the hot summer.
In summer, sheep lose fat, which is a common topic of professional sheep farmers. The main reason is that high temperature and high humidity reduce the feed intake of sheep, and the daily intake of nutrition is not enough. In order to prevent sheep from losing fat, measures should be taken from the following aspects.
1. increase nutrition
1. Feeding high-quality forage grass
Selection of good palatability, high nutritional value of forage, such as green bean stalk, alfalfa and so on. Especially just weaned lambs and pregnant ewes need to pay more attention to this point.
2. Supplementary feeding of concentrate
Adult sheep are fed about 300 grams of concentrate every day. Newly weaned lambs are fed about 250 grams of concentrate every day. In every 100 grams of concentrate, cakes should account for 25%. If cotton cakes or vegetable cakes are added, they need to be detoxified. Method: soak in water for 24 hours and rinse with clear water.
3, feed salt
Add 0.2 grams per kilogram of body weight to maintain the acid-base balance in the body. Xiao Bian suggested using salt bricks for Hailey sheep, saving time and effort, and not worrying about excessive consumption.
4. Increase drinking water
High temperature season, should keep the water basin must be clean, constantly water, let the sheep free to drink.
2. appropriate management
1. Management of sheep shed
In summer, the sheep house should do a good job of anti-cooling work. The bottom of the north-south wall of the sheep house is provided with air convection windows; the sunshade is set on the sunrise side of the sheep house; if the sheep house is a flat tile roof, it can be painted with white lime or covered with sunshade. In addition, the sheep house should also be installed screen door screens to prevent flies and mosquitoes from entering. If the enclosure is too crowded, put it in part of the yard. Don't be afraid of dirty yard.
2. Grazing in the morning and evening
Early release and late grazing are implemented. Sheep must return to the enclosure to rest before 9 o'clock in the morning and go out to grazing after 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Conditions do not allow you to leave late at noon and return late at night.
3. Night feeding
This meal should not only have quantity but also quality. The supplementary feeding time should not be too late and should be mastered according to one's own time.
4, forage dry, green mix
In order to prevent sheep from gluttony and overeating forage with high water content and diarrhea and abdominal distension diseases, house feeding should be dry and green. The best choice of hay is green hay, sweet potato vine and peanut vine. When feeding, feed hay first and then grass.
3. disease prevention and treatment
1. Regular deworming
Sheep in summer are only injected with abamectin, 0.02 ml per kilogram of body weight, to repel parasites inside and outside the body.
2. Prevention and treatment of diarrhea
When sheep have diarrhea, they can take 2 80000 units of gentamicin orally on an empty stomach in the morning for 2 days.
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