How to make the lamb survive the winter safely

Sheep is one of the major poultry animals in China, and its breeding area is very extensive. It was winter and the most important season of the year for sheep farming. Especially for lambs, how to ensure that lambs can safely winter is a problem that many farmers are very concerned about. Safe wintering is an important factor to ensure the subsequent growth ability of lambs. Today, Xiaobian brought you the management points to ensure safe wintering of lambs. Let's have a look together!

1, insulation cold

The temperature in winter is very low, and the cold resistance of lambs is not strong. If the heat preservation and cold protection work is not done well, it may cause lambs to freeze to death directly. Therefore, in winter, it is necessary to ensure that there is no wind around the lamb house to prevent respiratory diseases such as colds. After snow, the sheep shed should be covered with straw curtains. When there is sun, the lambs should be allowed to exercise outdoors more, bask in the sun and receive fresh air. It can promote bone growth of lambs and improve cold resistance of lambs.

2. Disinfection of umbilical cord

After the lamb is born, the umbilical cord should be disinfected in time. First, the wound of the umbilical cord should be cleaned once with hydrogen peroxide, and then the scissors should be thoroughly disinfected and the umbilical cord should be cut. Then use sterilized thread to tie the umbilical cord tightly, so as to avoid the umbilical cord from being infected by germs and affecting the growth of lambs. Then apply iodine tincture to the top of the umbilical cord for disinfection. Or to lamb pigsty tetanus, improve the immunity of sheep body, prevent umbilical cord infection, cause disease.

3. Eat colostrum

After the lamb is born, it must be allowed to eat colostrum, colostrum can improve the lamb's resistance, can effectively resist external bacteria. Especially when it snows, the lamb's resistance is relatively poor. Too low temperature easily leads to stress reaction in lambs, pneumonia and other diseases. Therefore, it is very important to ensure that lambs eat colostrum as soon as possible. If breast milk is insufficient or there is no breast milk, it is necessary to take milk replacement or artificial lactation measures in time.

4, fake death rescue

Lambs in the environmental conditions often appear under the phenomenon of suspended animation, if encountered lamb suspended animation, to do a good job in time rescue work. First remove the dirt from the lamb's mouth and nose. If the lamb's breathing is blocked due to mucus inhalation, lift it up and pat it on the back to make it protrude mucus. If it is caused by excessive temperature, then it is necessary to make a fire in time to warm up, then soak the lamb in warm water of about 40 degrees, keep it for about half an hour, and then dry it and put it on the fire.

5. Timely feeding

Lambs get their primary nutrition from breast milk about a month after birth. However, with the growth age of lambs, the volume of stomach will gradually expand, if only rely on breast milk, it is unable to meet the nutrition needs of lambs growth, so we must timely supplement feeding. After the lamb is born, it is necessary to start feeding about half a month, mainly with pasture, and let the lamb eat freely. Then in about three weeks after the start of its feed, beans will be ground into goat milk, and then stir with warm water, put into the trough, let the lamb eat freely, about 3 days can learn to eat.

The above is a simple introduction to ensure the safety of lambs overwintering method, want to ensure the safety of lambs overwintering is the key management work, to ensure that the lambs of the environment is appropriate, improve the cold resistance of lambs, promote the healthy growth of lambs. Today's introduction is here, this article is for reference only, I hope to help everyone oh!