What are the precautions for raising cattle? These key points should be understood in advance

Cattle are relatively large in size, and during breeding, some details are hard for farmers to notice, but this factor often causes a big impact. When raising cattle, farmers need to pay attention to the following points. Let's learn about the specific information together.

1. Cattle shed site selection

Site selection plays a major role in the breeding process, so the site must be chosen well. First, the location is best slightly elevated, but the terrain should be relatively flat, and the surrounding terrain should have a certain slope. This provides suitable breeding space and helps with cleaning up waste. Second, ventilation conditions should be good, but it should not be located in a wind gap. It is best to rely on a hillside so there is some shade. In this way, the cattle shed is less likely to accumulate germs and will be relatively dry.

2. Disease prevention

Disease is something cattle farmers dislike, so disease prevention has become a very important issue. Common cattle diseases are mostly triggered by the environment, and the cattle themselves carry hidden pathogens. Therefore, when selecting breeds, farmers should choose varieties with high resistance, and the cattle shed should be disinfected regularly to achieve a preventive effect. Feed must only be fed after its safety has been ensured. In past years, farmers often suffered heavy losses because spoiled feed or feed of unknown safety induced a series of diseases. These are disease prevention measures that farmers can carry out themselves.

3. Feed combination

Cattle need different nutrients at different stages, and the food they are fed should also differ. However, many farmers often feed roughly the same feed, resulting in unsatisfactory cattle breeding. At the calf stage, the emphasis is on comprehensive nutrition. At this time, the feed needs to include more trace elements to meet the cattle's later growth. The young cattle stage is to lay the foundation for later fattening. Green feed should take the leading role at this time. At this stage, about half of the cattle's daily feed should be green feed. In the later fattening stage, more feed with high protein content needs to be fed to ensure rapid fattening. At the same time, for meat quality and health, a certain amount of green feed also needs to be fed. Farmers must remember this feed combination.

4. Sanitation management

Sanitation is an issue that must always be paid attention to in the cattle shed, and farmers who value this are also somewhat unbalanced in their attention. Sanitation management includes cattle shed sanitation and cattle sanitation. Most farmers often only notice the cattle shed sanitation. The correct way should be to regularly clean up cattle manure and wash the ground, with the frequency controlled at about once every 2-3 days, and the cattle pen should also be rinsed clean. Before cleaning the cattle shed, the cattle should first be cleaned, generally controlled at once a week, especially the cattle's buttocks. If there is something that cannot be rinsed off, it is recommended to clean it with a brush.

The above four points are the more important areas when raising cattle. What takes time in cattle raising is this cleaning work, while feeding and other aspects are relatively easy. Farmers should pay attention to this.