Reasons for the decrease of food intake in mutton sheep

Mutton sheep are very common in China, whether they are raised in rural areas or on a large scale. Compared with sheep and dairy sheep, mutton sheep have a great demand in our country. When raising mutton sheep, the fat condition of mutton sheep directly affects the breeding benefit. The fat condition of mutton sheep is directly related to the food intake of mutton sheep. So what is the reason for the decline in food intake of mutton sheep? The following editor will give you a brief introduction, let's have a look!

1. Poor palatability

In many cases, the decrease in food intake of mutton sheep is generally shown in winter. This is mainly because the green feed resources are very scarce in winter, so the feed is mainly hay and grain straw in winter. The palatability of this kind of feed is very poor, and the food intake of mutton sheep will decrease in winter. Therefore, we should mainly maintain the diversity of feed, improve the palatability of feed, and maintain the nutritional balance of feed.

2. Feed mildew

When feeding the feed, we should not only pay attention to the nutrition proportion of the feed, but also the feed quality can not be ignored. If you inadvertently feed moldy feed, then the intake of mutton sheep will naturally be greatly reduced. If the mutton sheep eat too much moldy feed, it is very likely to lead to mutton sheep poisoning. Therefore, we must carefully check the feed before feeding, never feed moldy and deteriorated feed, if the mildew degree is slight, then we can add an appropriate amount of mildew remover and mix with some high-quality feed.

3. Little exercise

When we raise mutton sheep, we should ensure that mutton sheep have a certain amount of exercise. If the mutton sheep do too little exercise, it will affect the digestive function of the intestines and stomach of the mutton sheep, resulting in a decrease in food intake. Especially in captivity, many people will ignore the problem of letting mutton sheep exercise. Therefore, when we set up a sheep house, we should pay attention to setting up a sports ground to ensure that mutton sheep have sufficient exercise space, and captive sheep should be grazed regularly.

4. Too much concentrate

Sheep is essentially a herbivore. In order to improve the fattening speed of mutton sheep, many farmers will blindly feed too much concentrate. If the mutton sheep eat too much concentrate for a long time, it will cause a great burden on the intestines and stomach of the mutton sheep, so the food intake of the mutton sheep will also decrease. Therefore, we must pay attention to control the proportion of fine feeding, the proportion of fine feeding in the total feed should generally be maintained at about 40%, even in the intensity fattening period, it can only be increased to about 60%.

The above is a brief introduction to the reasons for the decline in food intake of mutton sheep. That's all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. I hope it can help you all.