How to prevent inbreeding of sheep

Mutton is now the main meat product in our country, and the audience area in our country is very wide. Therefore, there are more and more people raising sheep, but many people are more extensive in the management of breeding problems when raising sheep. Therefore, many sheep farms have the problem of inbreeding, which leads to the decline of the overall quality of sheep. So what is the harm of sheep inbreeding? How to prevent inbreeding of sheep? Let's take a look at it.

1. The harm of inbreeding

Inbreeding of sheep will do great harm. The reproductive capacity of ewes will decrease obviously, and the quality of breeds will also deteriorate obviously. With the decline of growth rate, the rate of meat and wool production will also be seriously affected. The most important thing is that there will be all kinds of very serious phenomena, such as deformity, miscarriage and stillbirth. And even if the normal production, the resistance of young sheep is also very weak, the survival rate is very low. Therefore, for this phenomenon, in order to ensure the benefit of its breeding, we must pay attention to prevent inbreeding of sheep.

2. How to prevent

Exchange rams at the right time

We usually have to exchange rams from time to time in the process of breeding. Under normal circumstances, a breeder ram needs to be replaced after it has been raised continuously for about 2 years. Also do not need to be eliminated, generally with other sheep breed ram can be exchanged. This can not only improve the reproductive ability of sheep, but also effectively prevent inbreeding in sheep. For some rams that have had production problems, they need to be eliminated in time and introduce new rams, so as to effectively expand the efficiency of breeding.

Raised separately

When raising sheep, raising in groups is also very important. In particular, the rams and ewes should be raised separately, and when the ewes are not yet in estrus, the breeding rams should be put alone in a sheep shed. Then, when the ewe is in estrus, all the rams and ewes can be led out of the barn and assisted artificially to promote mating and improve the success rate of mating. In addition, when we choose to breed rams, we should also pay attention to their blood relationship, and we must choose ewes with distant blood relationship with breeding ewes for breeding.

Artificial insemination station

Artificial insemination stations are mainly based on the scale of breeding, which is generally not suitable for small-scale sheep. It is mainly used in sheep farms with large number and large scale. Because of the large number of farming, it is difficult to remember all of them. Therefore, we need to set up an artificial insemination station, which is based on the file system, and records all the breeding records of all breeds, lambs and other data clearly. If there is a clear record sheet, then the blood relationship will be clear at a glance. Therefore, we can also effectively select and mate to avoid inbreeding.

The above is a brief introduction to the harm of sheep inbreeding and how to prevent sheep inbreeding. When raising sheep, it is very important to prevent sheep inbreeding. We must pay more attention to it. That's all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. I hope it can help you all.