What is the cause of sheep disease?

Sheep is a kind of livestock with large breeding area in our country, and it is basically farmed in all parts of our country. Although sheep have been bred for a long time, the breeding technology is also relatively mature. However, in the process of breeding, a little carelessness will lead to a variety of diseases in sheep. Seriously affect the growth of sheep, so what is the cause of sheep disease? Today, the editor will give you a brief introduction. Let's take a look at it.

1. Improper feeding

Improper feeding and management is one of the main causes of sheep disease. Including feeding methods and feed nutrition proportion is unreasonable and so on. For example, in breeding, excessive breeding density, poor air circulation in the house, less water, uneven feeding and so on are the causes of sheep disease. In addition, sheep will get sick if they are frightened, chased or transported over long distances due to stress. Lack of feed nutrition will lead to poor growth of sheep, and feed should not be too much, overnutrition may cause sheep poisoning and so on.

2. Living environment

The living environment has a great influence on the growth of sheep. If sheep grow in an environment of high temperature and humidity for a long time, high temperature will lead to heat stress and heatstroke. And high humidity will affect the skin of sheep, prone to colds, rheumatism, skin diseases and other diseases. And if the ground in the sheep house is uneven, sheep are also prone to foot rot, parasitic diseases and so on. We should also pay attention to the air quality in the sheep house. If the air quality is poor and the content of harmful gases such as ammonia is high, it is very easy to cause respiratory diseases and eye diseases in sheep.

Sheep generally like to grow in a dry environment, but also a relatively clean animal. If you grow in a dirty environment for a long time, it will inhibit the growth of sheep. In the dirty environment, the base number of pathogens, microorganisms and parasites is very large. Living in such an environment for a long time will not only inhibit the growth of sheep, but also lead to sheep death in serious cases. Therefore, when raising sheep, the environment of the sheep shed is very important and we must pay more attention to it.

3. Pathogenic microorganisms and parasites

Pathogenic microorganisms and parasites have just been mentioned many times, a variety of bacteria, viruses, parasites, fungi and so on will infect sheep. Various epidemics of sheep, such as the most common sheep pox and foot-and-mouth disease, will cause great losses to the production of sheep farms and even the whole sheep industry. Although some infectious diseases are not fatal, for the aquaculture industry, it will increase the breeding cost and affect the efficiency of aquaculture. Therefore, the prevention and control of sheep disease is the key to the success or failure of raising sheep.

The above is a brief introduction to what causes sheep disease. That's all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. I hope it can help you all.