What causes sheep to eat but not gain weight?

Farmers who have raised sheep for a long time all know that sometimes they will encounter this: they feed a lot of feed, but the feed conversion rate is not high, the sheep's body weight does not increase, or the sheep does not grow. When encountering such a problem, friends who are just starting to raise sheep may not know why, and may not know how to deal with it. So today we are mainly going to introduce this aspect.

1. Causes

The common reason is that the breed of sheep is simply a slow-growing one, or the sheep has parasites, and parasites will consume the nutrients absorbed by the sheep, or the feed's nutrition is poor and the combination is unreasonable, which is not conducive to the absorption and utilization of feed nutrients. It is also possible that the sheep has digestive tract diseases, indigestion and similar conditions. So it will affect absorption. The last possibility is a runt sheep, that is, a sheep whose growth has stopped; it can just be culled directly.

1. Solving parasite problems

The sheep's living environment is poor, the breeding environment is poor, or the regular deworming work itself has not been done well, and on top of that the flock often grazes in the wild. They are prone to parasites, including external parasites. Common parasites include lice and ticks, and internally there are filarial worms and flukes. Only medication can be used for deworming; use ivermectin, and also use a Chinese herbal medicine bath.

2. Nutritional improvement

You cannot keep feeding only roughage; the nutrients that can be absorbed are very few, but it will also stimulate the gastrointestinal absorption. This is not good, and you also cannot keep feeding only concentrated feed, which lowers digestive ability and becomes a nutritional burden. It cannot be absorbed. Generally, concentrated and roughage should be used together, and more fresh forage should be eaten. It is also necessary to supplement some mineral elements essential for growth, such as calcium and iron. Prepare the feed according to the formula.

3. Promoting digestion

Sheep may sometimes have indigestion, and sometimes some symptoms of inflammation, so they may not eat; after eating, the digestion rate is very low, and the sheep's growth is also poor. You can feed rhubarb soda tablets, feeding morning and evening, and observe the situation after feeding for a few days. If there is no effect, it may be better to use traditional Chinese medicine preparations. Boil hawthorn, malt and the like in water and feed it. Feeding for a few days will effectively treat it.

When raising sheep, eating but not growing may be due to these problems. So it needs to be improved, and such problems also need to be prevented. In this way, there should be no problem.