Matters needing attention in raising cattle in winter

The temperature in winter is relatively low, and cattle do not grow enough fat before winter, so it is very sad in winter. Secondly, cattle should be raised more carefully than usual in winter, so that cattle can grow at a normal speed in winter. Many people are consulting about raising cattle in winter, why the cattle do not feel like gaining meat at all, then the problem mainly lies in your breeding management in winter, so let's take a look at a few points that you need to pay attention to when raising cattle in winter with Xiaobian today.

1. Heat preservation

The climate is relatively cold in winter, so we should keep the barn warm. First of all, we should carefully check whether the barn is damaged at the beginning of winter, and repair the damaged place in time to prevent the cold wind from blowing in. secondly, you can add some dried straw or wheat stalks to the barn to pave the barn, which can also play a role in heat preservation. Try to keep the temperature of the barn at about 9 to 15 degrees.

2. Ingredients

Feed rationing for raising cattle in winter is also different from other periods of time. In order to achieve diversified feed feeding, first of all, in the case of keeping the original concentrate unchanged, an appropriate amount of corn is fed, and the second is to feed more coarse feeds, but the coarse feed is mainly coarse materials that can give cattle heat preservation effect, such as lees, root bark and so on, which can play a good role in protecting against the cold.

3. Drinking water

Since raising cattle in winter mainly feeds on coarse hay, it is necessary to provide them with adequate drinking water in daily management, and the drinking water needs to be heated, and it is best to control the water temperature at about 20 degrees Celsius. This is of great benefit to the intestines and stomach of cattle. At the same time, remember to change water in time. Drinking cold water after drinking warm water is easy to cause gastrointestinal discomfort.

4. Clean

The temperature outside in winter is lower than that indoors, so raising cattle is basically carried out indoors in winter, so the hygiene management of the barn and the cattle themselves should be more stringent than usual, because if they are caught and cleaned for a long time in winter, it is very easy to breed bacteria, so basically it needs to be cleaned every three to five days and sterilized every half a month. There is to wipe the body of the cow every day as much as possible, so as to keep the environment of the barn and the body of the cow clean, and at the same time promote the blood circulation and immunity of the cow, so as to achieve the effect of gaining weight.

5. Exercise

Raising cattle in winter is basically raised indoors and seldom goes out for grazing. Because they are afraid of catching a cold, there is a serious lack of exercise, which seriously affects the health of cattle and is very easy to get sick, so when the weather clears up, properly put the cattle out to bask in the sun and exercise, which can enhance the bodily body of cattle, thus reducing the occurrence of disease.