Effectively prevent inbreeding in sheep

How to prevent inbreeding of sheep, this is a problem that every mutton sheep farmer must attach great importance to, because it is common for sheep in rural areas not to exchange male sheep for many years, which leads to the serious inbreeding of sheep. Every mutton sheep farmer should know that if sheep are inbred, there will be great problems, which can be summarized as "two drops and one high". That is, the reproductive performance of the mating ewes is declining, the breeds are degraded, the growth is stunted, and the meat and wool production is reduced by 50%; there will also be a tragic phenomenon of freaks, miscarriages, metamorphosis and stillbirths; and the lambs have poor resistance and are easy to be infected by bacteria with high mortality. These are such serious problems that every mutton sheep farmer must take corresponding measures to prevent inbreeding. If mutton sheep farms want to get bigger and bigger, then the preliminary work to prevent inbreeding of sheep must be done.

one. Change the ram at the right time. In general, the breeding ram of a flock needs to be replaced after it has been used continuously for two years. The best thing is to exchange with the same breed of rams in other sheep herds, which can not only ensure the mating quality of sheep, but also effectively avoid inbreeding and have the best of both worlds.

two. Breed rams should be kept alone. That is to say, the rams and ewes in the mutton sheep farm should be raised in loops, and when the ewes are in estrus, both ewes and rams will be brought out to assist in artificial breeding. When selecting breeder sheep, breed rams with distant consanguinity should be used for breeding.

three. Artificial insemination stations should be set up in villages with a large number of sheep. The fertilisation station should establish a file system, including breeding registration form, lamb registration form and offspring testing record form, etc. With these files, the blood relationship will be clear, so that seed selection and mating can be planned, and inbreeding can be avoided.

Finally, we need a warm reminder: to prevent sheep inbreeding is what mutton sheep farmers must understand, the most basic sheep farming technology, this kind of mistake for professional mutton sheep farmers is some very low-level mistakes, but every year, there will always be a few people, the sheep in the family have stillbirths and miscarriages, and most of them are caused by inbreeding, of course, there will be other reasons. I advise you to be careful in management. Qiu Jiandong