What is the fastest treatment for sheep eating wool, and what causes it?

AbstractThe fastest treatment for sheep eating wool: selectively supplement affected sheep with minerals such as zinc sulfate, copper sulfate and ferrous sulfate, as well as vitamins VA, VE and VD; you can also add zinc and copper to the feed, along with a premix containing amino acids, and feed supplementary concentrated feed such as cornmeal and soybean meal. Causes of sheep eating wool: when the supply of amino acids in the body of meat sheep is insufficient, and at the same time copper, zinc, iron and other minerals, as well as vitamins, are lacking, the symptom of sheep eating wool will appear.

I. Fastest treatment for sheep eating wool

1. Sufficient nutrition needs to be provided, and the daily ration required by meat sheep should be reasonably proportioned; you can feed more protein feed, mainly alfalfa and oilseed meal, etc.

2. Selectively supplement affected sheep with minerals such as zinc sulfate, copper sulfate and ferrous sulfate, as well as vitamins VA, VE and VD; at the same time add zinc and copper to the feed, along with a premix containing amino acids, and feed supplementary concentrated feed such as cornmeal and soybean meal, which can effectively prevent wool-eating disorder.

3. You can feed more green, succulent feed, mainly Chinese cabbage, carrots, green radish, etc.

4. Burn an appropriate amount of human hair into ash, then mix it into the meat sheep feed; this can effectively treat wool-eating disorder in meat sheep caused by sulfur deficiency.

5. Put raw eggs into the feed; 1 raw egg can feed 5 meat sheep, use continuously for 7 days, stop feeding for 5 days, then feed for another 7 days, which can effectively treat wool-eating disorder, because eggs contain a large amount of protein and multiple amino acids, so they can quickly supplement the protein and amino acids lacking in the body of meat sheep.

II. Precautions for treating sheep eating wool

The premix needs to be one specially designed for meat sheep; chicken premix and pig premix should not be fed, to prevent high copper poisoning. When feeding succulent feed, it can be cooked first before feeding, which helps the absorption of vitamins, while also avoiding diarrhea and nitrite poisoning in meat sheep.

III. Causes of sheep eating wool  

1. In winter, pasture resources are relatively scarce; in some areas where sheep are raised extensively, meat sheep can only eat dry hay, and some meat sheep farmers do not pay attention to the scientific proportioning of meat sheep feed.

2. Therefore this leads to a lack of protein feed and an insufficient supply of amino acids in the body of meat sheep, especially the methionine content, which is far lower than that of healthy meat sheep, making the symptom of sheep eating wool likely to appear; at the same time, when copper, zinc, iron and other minerals, as well as vitamins, are lacking, this phenomenon will also appear.

IV. Symptoms of sheep eating wool

1. In the process of raising meat sheep, a small number of farmers who do not pay attention to meat sheep feed will find that the sheep eat wool, which seriously threatens the health of the meat sheep.

2. Also in the development of meat sheep farms, generally the affected sheep have normal body temperature, pulse and feed intake, and the only symptom is biting each other's wool, or eating their own wool; 50% of the sheep have 1/3 of the wool on their bodies bitten off, and in severe cases all the wool on the whole body will be bitten off.