Feeding and Management techniques of Sheep in Spring

Spring is the most difficult time of the year for sheep. After a long winter, nutrition consumption is large, body weight is thin, if raised and managed properly, sheep death can be minimized.

Regular deworming

In spring, all sheep except pregnant ewes should be dewormed once. Albendazole can dispel a variety of parasites with mixed infection, and avermectin can also dispel a variety of parasites in vivo and in vitro, both of which are ideal anthelmintic drugs.

Supplement selenium in time

The commonly used drug is sodium selenite and vitamin E injection with a dose of 0.5-1.0ml per animal.

Make sure to replenish salt and drink water

Sheep grazed in spring should be fed with salt 2-3 times a week and 3-4 times a day.

Prevent running green

Grazing on shady slopes with better grass and more hay should be chosen, and people should be in front of the sheep and sheep behind when grazing, so that the sheep can walk slowly, and then release the green grass after the sheep are half full.

Anti-food harmful substances

Guard against sheep eating poisonous plant seedlings, waste plastics, moldy feed, etc., especially when grazing. And grazing should stay away from newly sown arable land, prevent poisoning caused by accidental ingestion of seeds, chemical fertilizers, pesticides and seed coating agents, and timely rescue the situation.

Feed forage in time

The nutritional condition of sheep in spring is poor, and the transfer from winter supplementary feeding to spring grazing requires a transition period, and the daily grazing time should be extended, otherwise undesirable phenomena such as diarrhea will be introduced, and the ewes giving birth to winter lambs are feeding lambs, and the ewes giving birth to spring lambs need more nutrition, so in addition to normal grazing, it is best to feed hay 0.3-0.5kg per day. Supplement concentrate 0.20-0.25kg to make it physically strong and pass through the withered grass period in spring smoothly.

Keep the enclosure hygienic

It is necessary to adhere to the principle of early prevention without disease, early treatment of disease, and prevention is better than treatment. There are many kinds of vaccines, such as triple vaccine (sheep fast epidemic, sudden shock, enterotoxemia), attenuated sheep pox vaccine and so on. Because there is more than one infectious disease in each region, the nature and duration of the vaccine are different, so it is necessary to arrange the interval and times of immunization according to the immune characteristics of all kinds of vaccines, so as to effectively prevent and control the occurrence of sheep infectious diseases and protect sheep from major infectious diseases throughout the year.