Matters needing attention in raising sheep in summer

Natural forage in summer is the most nutrient-rich stage of the year. It provides sufficient feed and nutrients for mutton sheep. Summer is the best stage for meat sheep to gain fat, which not only saves feed, but also does not delay the final marketing time, thus improving the original economic benefit. However, summer is also a high incidence of diseases in mutton sheep, because the wool on sheep is thick and many, which easily affects the health of sheep. There are many places to pay attention to when raising sheep in summer. Let's take a look at it together!

1. Comfortable living environment

Summer high temperature and rainy, continuous rain weather will increase humidity, but sheep like a relatively dry environment, for the narrow humid environment is very resistant. The changeable weather in summer is also the favorite environment for bacterial parasites, which is conducive to their breeding and reproduction, which will seriously affect the growth and fatness of mutton sheep. According to the weather changes, the environment of the sheep house should be adjusted appropriately to maintain a suitable environment for the mutton sheep to survive. And breeding density should also be appropriately reduced, density too large will make the temperature of sheep increased, easy to occur heat stress.

2, reasonable mix of feed

In summer, the feed of mutton sheep should also be reasonably matched. If it fails to meet the requirements, it will lead to slower growth of mutton sheep, and it will not gain fat but lose fat. Therefore, when selecting feed, we should choose feed with good palatability and high nutrient content, such as leaves and stems of various vegetables. This kind of high-quality feed is more important for pregnant sheep and young sheep, and pay attention to the mixed feeding of dry and grass. Excessive grass will make meat sheep prone to diarrhea and affect health. Moreover, sheep are prone to water shortage in summer, so we must ensure sufficient water.

3. Scientific grazing and supplementary feeding

Spring and summer are the most abundant natural forage, but also the most suitable time for grazing, but in spring and summer when the season should pay attention to group grazing and supplementary feeding work, this is not only conducive to grazing management, but also to ensure that each sheep can eat evenly, fat. Grazing should be done when the sun is weak, for example, before 10 a.m. and after 5 p.m., which is the best time for grazing. The middle time allows the sheep to rest in the shed for the summer. And after grazing back to timely feed sheep water supplement, supplement feed concentrate, promote fat gain.

4. Strengthen disease prevention

If the mutton sheep live in a humid environment for a long time, they will be easily harmed by germs and parasites, and infected with diseases and insect pests, which will have a great impact on the growth and fat gain of mutton sheep. Therefore, it is necessary to keep the sheep house dry and permeable, do a good job in disease prevention of mutton sheep, formulate a series of disinfection and immunization plans, and regularly vaccinate each sheep. The sheep are dewormed, and the sheep are bathed in medicine at the beginning of summer, which can sterilize the sheep body, but pregnant sheep must not be bathed in medicine.

The above is the management method of sheep in summer sorted out by Xiaobian. In summer, we should graze more and let the sheep eat more fresh fodder outside. However, it should be noted that when feeding outside, the probability of sheep infection will also increase, so we must pay attention to disinfection and disease prevention of sheep. The disease is extremely harmful to sheep and can lead to severe yield reduction. This article is for reference only and I hope it will help you.