Breeding techniques of cattle in Central Yunnan

The cattle in central Yunnan are physically strong, well-proportioned, good at climbing slopes and strong in feeding ability, and have good adaptability to the environment. They are excellent varieties unique to ethnic minorities in Yunnan for both meat service and meat service, and have a long history of breeding. It is suitable for feeding in the cold mountain and semi-mountainous areas. at present, the breeding of cattle in central Yunnan is more and more valued by the people in rural areas. let's take a look at the breeding technology of cattle in central Yunnan.

Cowshed construction

Farmers should consider that the construction of the barn should be warm in winter and cool in summer, the cement floor is suitable for the barn, the trough should be high before and after completion, slightly higher than the ground, the bottom of the trough should be curved, and there should be a certain slope longitudinally. The cowshed should be single-row or double-row, depending on the scale and site conditions.

Forage selection

Cattle in central Yunnan like to eat grasses and tall stalks, followed by legumes. The cultivated forage has good palatability and higher nutrition than crop straw. Farmers can strongly recommend raising cattle, and the forage varieties suitable for feeding cattle are hn-mc superior pennisetum, hn-mc superior emperor bamboo grass, hn-mc excellent alfalfa and so on. The harvested forage grass can be fed to cattle after a short period of time, especially the coarse and hard stalks that are less or difficult to feed during whole feeding. if they are fed short, they can be fully utilized and the digestibility is improved. Generally speaking, the stalk should be cut into 3 cm and 5 cm to feed the cow.

Feeding method

Farmers can be fed twice a day, 5 ∶ 00 in the morning in winter and spring, 17 ∶ 00 in the afternoon, 4 ∶ 30 in the morning and 17 ∶ 00 in the evening in summer and autumn. The feeding time is generally 30: 40 minutes, 90% full, and once water at noon in summer. Within 2-3 days after the change of diet, breeders should observe the intake of cattle and the number of ruminating times, and deal with them in time if abnormal conditions are found. Soak the concentrate with water before feeding, so that you can hold it in your hand and disperse when you fall to the ground.

Fine feeding tube

During the transitional period of feeding hay or ammoniated grass to Dianzhong cattle, 30 mg albendazole per kilogram of body weight can be taken. After taking albendazole, it can also strengthen the stomach, fattening stage, grazing for 1-2 months in the grass season, and house feeding for not less than 1 month in the later fattening period. The fattening time of using high concentrate diet is 60-90 days. When mixing the material, it is required to wet the material first, and then mix it evenly with the grass after 1 hour. In addition, you must feed clean water twice a day. The bullpen should often dry the dehumidification pad and keep it dry and clean.

Fattening management

Young heifers after weaning can be kept in captivity. At the beginning, the number of young heifers in each group should be small and mainly grouped according to the nutritional requirements of animals. The size and number of cows in each group also depend on the number of herds and available barns. Heifer of similar size should also be divided into the same group as far as possible. The fattening cattle were fed 2 times and 3 times a day for 1.5 hours each time. When feeding, it should be fed according to the amount of feed determined by the nutrition that each fattening cow should provide, and should not be increased or decreased arbitrarily. The general feeding order is first coarse and then fine, that is, first feeding hay (corn straw), and then feeding distiller's grains, concentrate, drinking water. In winter, drink water once a day after feeding, and drink again at noon. In summer and autumn, in addition to the number of drinking water in winter, increase the number of drinking water at night.