The main points of feeding and Management of Beef cattle in early Spring under the stress of sudden change of temperature

The cold in spring is chilly, the temperature is gradually rising, and the sunshine time is gradually lengthened. Although the beef cattle have strong adaptability to the cold, the temperature changes suddenly, and the temperature difference is easy to cause stress reaction to the body of beef cattle and induce various diseases of beef cattle. Therefore, it is particularly important to do a good job in the feeding and health care of beef cattle in early spring. During the spring cold period, beef cattle feeding and health care should pay attention to the following seven aspects:

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1. Disease prevention. Many beef farms breed beef cattle in winter, and winter breeding can avoid calving in hot summer, which is not only conducive to the high yield of beef cattle, but also easy to raise calves and improve the health level of calves. At present, beef cattle are almost artificially bred, but when some breeders do artificial insemination to beef cattle, due to poor technology and carelessness, sanitary disinfection is not complete, which is easy to cause varying degrees of trauma or infection to the vagina and uterus of beef cattle. During the spring cold period, we should timely observe whether there are abnormal lesions in the vaginal secretions of beef cattle every day, do a good job in the prevention of uterine inflammation and other diseases, detect diseases and treat them as soon as possible to ensure the health of beef cattle during the spring cold period.

2. Forage. Beef cattle are fed with at least three kinds of diets each time, mainly high-quality hay, more silage, and more green and succulent fodder, such as carrots and potatoes, and roughage until the beef cattle are full. the amount of concentrate feed should be determined according to the individual and demand of beef cattle.

3. Drinking water. During the spring cold period, the drinking water temperature of beef cattle should be 10 ℃ ~ 12 ℃. If there are conditions, the drinking water should be cooled to 10 ℃ ~ 12 ℃ by high temperature disinfection. Sufficient drinking water must be ensured.

4. Insist on brushing the cow. Every day to ensure that twice in the morning and evening 8 to 10 minutes of cattle health care brush, health care brush throughout the whole body of beef cattle, beef cattle breasts should be gently grasped and massaged, which is helpful to prevent inflammation of beef cattle breasts.

5. Increase the sunbathing time. Often bask in the sun, it has a health care effect on beef cattle, enhance the immunity of beef cattle, and prevent various infections. Because the ultraviolet rays in the sun can kill the pathogenic microorganisms. And ultraviolet can increase calcium absorption, in the middle of winter, beef cattle consume a lot of heat energy and nutrient elements because of cold resistance, and calcium intake is relatively large, and calcium intake needs the help of vitamin D in the blood of beef cattle. Natural vitamin D can be inhaled into the bloodstream of beef cattle only if it becomes vitamin D2 and vitamin D3 after ultraviolet radiation.

6. Strengthen the exercise appropriately. With the temperature rising in early spring and the weather getting warmer, beef cattle are used to lying down when they are full and do not want to exercise. The exercise time of beef cattle should be increased by 2 to 3 hours every day, which can not only promote the health of beef cattle, but also promote the milk production of beef cattle. In the bright spring and sunny days, it is very important for the health of beef cattle to drive the cattle into the open grass, breathe the fresh air of nature and let the cattle move freely.

7. Keep the barn temperature. The spring weather is cold and hot, and the temperature difference between day and night is large, so the farmers are easy to ignore the cold prevention work of beef cattle, which can easily lead to beef cattle disease and high feeding cost. therefore, after keeping ventilation in the house for 3 to 5 hours during the day, the doors and windows should be closed in time, the vents should be adjusted, disinfection should be done regularly, the dung of beef cattle should be cleaned in time, the house should be kept dry and clean, and the mattress contaminated by feces should be replaced in time to create a suitable living environment for beef cattle.