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Prevention of greedy mouth disease of sheep in spring

Published: 2024-09-19 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/09/19, Sheep are prone to glutton disease in spring. The reason is that the sheep only after a long winter, lack of nutrition, poor health, suddenly there is young and juicy grass, feel particularly sweet and delicious. However, the grass has just sprouted and turned green in early spring, and the amount of grass is so small that it does not have enough to eat. The sheep would rather be hungry than eat hay and yellow grass. As a result, glutton disease occurred. The disease can make sheep lose fat and lose weight due to long-term hunger, affecting growth and health. Prevention methods: first, avoid green in early spring, try to avoid grazing in the young grass, when the grass grows to about 10 centimeters

Sheep are prone to glutton disease in spring. The reason is that the sheep only after a long winter, lack of nutrition, poor health, suddenly there is young and juicy grass, feel particularly sweet and delicious. However, the grass has just sprouted and turned green in early spring, and the amount of grass is so small that it does not have enough to eat. The sheep would rather be hungry than eat hay and yellow grass. As a result, glutton disease occurred. The disease can make sheep lose fat and lose weight due to long-term hunger, affecting growth and health.

Prevention methods: first, avoid green in early spring, try to avoid grazing in young grass, when the grass grows to about 10 centimeters, it is estimated that grazing sheep can eat enough to start running green, early spring should deliberately let sheep eat hay and yellow grass; second, running green should be gradually transitional. At first, you can put hay and yellow grass, put 2-3 hours of grass every day, and gradually increase the time to put grass until the grass is grazed all day. After a transition period of about 10 to 15 days, the third is to adopt the grazing method of one whip, that is, to release the fields and slopes every day, where there is plenty of grass, hay, yellow grass and green grass are very fresh, and sheep like to pick food, eat well and eat well.

 
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