Cattle and Sheep 100 Questions Ⅳ

Because beef cattle eat roughage, pasture, etc. and often come into contact with the ground, they are easily infected with various nematodes in the digestive tract, and are also susceptible to parasites such as lice, mites, ticks, and fly maggots outside the body. After a cow's body is mildly to moderately infected with parasites, the feed conversion rate is affected, mainly due to a decrease in appetite, a decrease in absorbed protein and energy utilization, and a decrease in the quality and weight gain of ketone bodies, which in turn affects the efficiency of beef cattle breeding. Economic benefits. For this reason, beef cattle must be dewormed during the pre-feeding period before fattening.

With the improvement of the breeding model and the improvement of feeding and management technology, it seems that the frequency of bursitis has decreased in recent years, resulting in people not paying much attention to preventing and controlling this disease during breeding and production. In fact, the incidence of bursitis in chickens has always been high.

What is the appropriate amount of concentrate feed intake for ewes to control on a daily basis? (Reduce the occurrence of mastitis)?

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