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Scientific Management System for Sheep Farms

A scientific management system is a necessary condition for improving the profitability of sheep farming. To strengthen the management of sheep farms, improve employee work efficiency, and implement scientific, standardized, and institutionalized management is very necessary. Only under a good management system can qualified sheep products be produced. Below, let us take a look at the management system for sheep farms!

Sheep Farm Entry Notice

1. Visitors are not admitted to the farm area; leaders on inspection must enter after disinfection.

2. Farm staff must disinfect in the disinfection room when entering and leaving the farm, with disinfection time of 3-10 minutes. Items unrelated to production must not be brought into the farm area at will. Employees must change into work clothes when entering the production area.

3. Vehicles and livestock not belonging to the farm shall not enter the farm. When the farm's feed trucks, coal trucks, etc. enter the farm, they must be strictly disinfected and enter and leave the farm along fixed routes. Vehicles shall not enter the production area.

4. The disinfection water in the disinfection pool at the gate must be changed frequently (2% sodium hydroxide). In winter, replace the disinfectant in the disinfection pool with quicklime. Regularly change the disinfectant or quicklime to ensure effective disinfection concentration.

5. Duty personnel must strictly supervise people entering and leaving the farm and keep records. If violations are found, handle them strictly and report them promptly.

Farm Area Environmental Hygiene System

1. The environmental hygiene of sheep sheds shall comply with the requirements of NY/T391—2000 "Green Food - Environmental Quality Standard for Production Areas". The distance from major traffic roads and residential areas shall be more than 500 m, and no even-toed ungulates shall be raised within 1000 m outside the rearing area.

2. Keep the sheep sheds hygienic and tidy with good ventilation. Clean the pens thoroughly every day. Disinfect the sheep sheds with animals once a month, and carry out a major disinfection once each in spring and autumn every year. The delivery room must be disinfected after each lambing.

3. Each time a batch of sheep is sent to market, the pens must be thoroughly disinfected and left vacant for one week before livestock are moved in again.

4. Introduce breeding stock from non-epidemic areas. After introduction, isolate and observe for 30 days, and only when there are no abnormal signs move them into the breeding pens.

5. The selection of disinfectants shall comply with the "Guidelines for the Use of Veterinary Drugs in Green Food".

6. Sick and dead sheep must not be sold and must be culled and deeply buried at designated locations.

7. When an epidemic occurs in the farm area or livestock with infectious diseases are found, handle it in accordance with the standards of the "Animal Epidemic Prevention Law of the People's Republic of China".

8. Cats, dogs, and other animals are not allowed to be kept in the farm area. Rats, yellow weasels, and birds in the farm must be promptly driven away or killed to prevent the spread of disease.

Sheep Farm Worker Management System

1. No lateness or leaving early for work; clock in and out according to the management system. Do not leave one's post without authorization. Those who do not go to work without reason shall be treated as absent without leave. Requests for leave must be made one day in advance.

2. Smoking is strictly prohibited in the production area. Drinking alcohol and neglecting duties during work hours are not allowed, and the consequences shall be borne by oneself.

3. All employees have the obligation to put forward reasonable suggestions on epidemic prevention and feeding of breeding sheep, and rewards will be given for suggestions adopted.

4. Abusing livestock is strictly prohibited; once discovered, severe punishment shall be imposed.

5. Employees shall treat visitors with enthusiasm and sincerity, use civilized language, and be modest and polite in behavior and speech.

6. Do not feed moldy or spoiled feed. If problems with the feed are found, report them promptly.

7. Observe the health status of livestock and report any abnormalities promptly to veterinary personnel.

8. Veterinary drugs used for treating livestock must comply with the "Guidelines for the Use of Veterinary Drugs in Green Food". Do not use veterinary drug hormones that have not been approved by the national animal husbandry and veterinary administrative department, and strictly abide by the specified methods of use and dosage of veterinary drugs.

9. Save water and electricity, turn off lights on time as initially set, and protect public property.

10. Employees must obey the arrangements of their superiors; those who do not obey arrangements shall be dismissed.

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