What are the clever ways to use feed additives in sheep farming?

Feed additives are a class of special substances added during feeding, feed processing and storage. Although the amount used is small - some account for only a few millionths of the feed, or even less - their effect is enormous. They have multiple functions, including supplementing or balancing feed nutrition, preventing disease, and promoting sheep growth. Using feed additives requires little investment and yields large returns; generally, an input of 1 yuan can increase income by 5 to 8 yuan. Sheep additives are divided into the following categories:

Nutritional additives mainly include non-protein nitrogen additives, amino acid agents, mineral trace element additives and vitamin additives, etc. They mainly supplement or balance essential nutrients and maintain normal physiological activities, etc. Non-nutritional additives themselves do not have nutritional value, but they can improve body health, promote body metabolism and growth and development; or participate in digestion and neural regulation; or improve feed and product quality; or increase product yield, etc. Health-promoting additives mainly include antibacterial growth-promoting additives, anthelmintic additives, Chinese herbal medicine additives, enzyme preparations and microbial preparations, etc. Physiological regulation additives include rumen metabolism control agents, buffers and organic acid additives, etc. Feed quality improvement additives mainly include antioxidants, anti-mold and anti-corrosion agents, silage additives, roughage conditioning additives and flavoring agents, etc. They are used to protect and improve feed quality, increase appetite, and improve feed digestibility and utilization, etc. Anti-stress additives include minerals, fats, vitamins and sedatives, etc. They are mainly used for the body's anti-stress response and to enhance adaptability to environmental changes.