Key points of postpartum management of ewes

Ewes have weak postpartum physique, decreased resistance, but also take up the work of breastfeeding of lambs. If this is improper feeding, it will not only lead to slow postpartum recovery of ewes, but also easily lead to the death of lambs. Therefore, the postpartum feeding and management of ewes is very important, so how to manage it? Let's get to know it.

1. Environmental hygiene

Ewes have weak postpartum physique and weak resistance to germs and viruses. if environmental hygiene is poor, they are easily infected with diseases. Generally, they must ensure that the enclosure is clean and clean. When the ewe is in labor, the contaminated parts of vulva, breast, tail root and hindquarters are washed with warm water, and the clean and soft mat grass is replaced in time so as not to cause pathological changes of birth canal and reproductive organs. If it is to give birth in winter, to do a good job of heat preservation, while preventing moisture, it is appropriate to keep the relative humidity at 50%, 70%, adequate light and good ventilation, and pay special attention to the wind of thieves.

2. Feed nutrition

Ewes have a great demand for protein and minerals in the early stage of lactation, so it is necessary to maintain nutrients such as protein, calcium and phosphorus, properly feed more green feed and feeds rich in protein and minerals, and appropriately increase the exercise of ewes. Urge it to recover as soon as possible. When matching diets, in addition to ensuring sufficient and reasonable proportion of protein and minerals, we should also feed more tender, juicy and digestible feed, which can not increase palatability, but also supplement vitamins and promote lactation of ewes. After the lamb is born, the main food is breast milk, the milk yield of the ewe overwinters, the better the growth and development of the lamb, the higher the survival rate.

3. Feeding and management

With the increase of the milk yield of ewes, the nutrients needed by ewes also increase accordingly. if the nutrients supplied can not meet the demand, ewes will consume the reserved nutrients to make up for them, which is one of the important reasons why ewes with good lactation performance tend to be thin. Therefore, it is necessary to do a good job of supplementary feeding of ewes according to the number and lactation of lambs. For ewes with a single lamb, concentrate feeding is generally 0.3-0.5 per day, while mothers with two or more lambs should be supplemented with concentrate 0.5-1.5 tomorrow. For ewes with good physique, do not supplement feeding 1-3 days after delivery, so as to avoid indigestion and mastitis.

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