What problems should be paid attention to in raising sheep in winter

The temperature in winter is very low, and it is also a season for sheep farmers to pay attention to. Because the winter environment is very disadvantageous to the growth of sheep, poor management will cause great harm to the growth of sheep. Therefore, when raising sheep in winter, we need to do a good job of management, in which there are many problems we need to pay more attention to. So what problems should we pay attention to in raising sheep in winter? Let's take a look at it with the editor.

1. Ventilation problem

The temperature in winter is very low, because many sheep farmers choose to close the sheep shed to keep warm in winter. However, it ignores the ventilation of the sheep house. If the sheep house is tightly closed, although it keeps warm, the air circulation is poor. It leads to the increase of humidity and harmful gas content in the sheep house, and all kinds of respiratory diseases are easy to occur in sheep. Therefore, in winter, we should not only do a good job of heat preservation in the sheep house, but also pay attention to ventilation to maintain a balanced relationship. In the daytime when the weather is better and the temperature is higher at noon, it is necessary to do a good job in sheep house hygiene, clean up feces in time, reduce the humidity of sheep house and reduce the content of harmful gases.

2. The problem of hair loss

Shedding is also a common problem for sheep in winter. Most of the wool loss of sheep in winter is caused by nutrition and parasites. For example, nutrition problems, because of the lack of forage resources in winter, if the supplementary feeding work is not done well, then the sheep can not have enough to eat. The intake of trace elements, vitamins and other nutrients is insufficient, resulting in hair loss, so we should pay attention to the supplementary feeding work, adding appropriate amount of premix in the feed and so on. The parasite is mainly caused by scabies mites, which can be repelled by subcutaneous injection of ivermectin or smear.

3. Appetite problem

Raising sheep in winter, we also need to pay more attention to the appetite of sheep. The loss of appetite of sheep in winter is mainly caused by poor palatability of feed and too little water. Because the green feed in winter is very scarce, the feed is relatively simple. And some sheep farmers only feed grain straw to sheep, poor palatability leads to loss of appetite of sheep. Therefore, we should pay attention to the reasonable collocation of feed and control the proportion of fine feeding and coarse feeding. Appropriate amount of salt can be added to the feed, which can effectively improve the palatability of the feed. Then after the sheep eat a lot of dry feeding, we should pay attention to provide them with adequate drinking water to promote digestion, but pay attention to the water temperature, do not feed cold water.

4. Growth problem

The low temperature environment in winter will naturally have a certain effect on the growth of sheep. However, it is also inseparable from feed and other factors, usually if the temperature is too low, then sheep need to consume more nutrients to protect themselves from the cold. Relatively speaking, the nutrition used for self-growth will be reduced, thus reducing the rate of weight gain of sheep. In addition, the lack of nutrition in feed is also the main reason for the slow growth of sheep. Therefore, we should pay attention to properly increase feed nutrition in winter, such as corn and other feed, at the same time can increase fat and other substances in the feed, can enhance the cold protection ability of sheep.

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