How To Take Care Of Farm Animals

The extreme metrological variation leads to drastic drop in temperature even upto minus degrees during Dec and Jan months, especially in Northern states of India. During this winter season, information technology's really hard to manage livestock and hence it'southward really important to have proper care of livestock animals. So today we are going to discuss the important things and factors of animal husbandry to continue in listen during winter season for the good health of animals.

Three Things Require Utmost Attending

Dr. D.S. Malik HoD, Livestock Production Management, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Brute Sciences University revealed that three aspects require much attention in this season

ane. Environment modification through proper shelter Direction

Improving body reserves through nutritional direction and proper health care.Curtains should be used in the sheds of loose housing system to obstruct the period of current of air at beast'south level. Defunction can be fabricated from tarpuline, bamboo, dry grass, paddy harbinger, guinea bags, jute etc.

Shady trees around the shed should be trimmed to encourage the infiltration of sunlight in the shed which will not only provide warmth but will as well disinfect the creature houses due to action of ultraviolet rays. Furthermore, animals should be permitted under directly sun exposure during daytime in open up paddocks.

Animal'southward shed and its floor should non remain wet and absurd for longer periods of fourth dimension. This may betrayal the animals, especially younger ones, to diverse ailments like pneumonia, fever, coccidiosis, diarrhoea and even death in severe cases.

Dr. Malik suggested that suitable bedding up to the depth of 4-6 inches in big animals and ii inches for smaller animals should exist provided on puccaa (concrete) floor as direct contact of beast with cold floor will leads to more body heat loss through conduction. Paddy harbinger, dry grass, wheat bhusa, saw dust, rice husk etc. could be used as bedding cloth. Jhuls (clothing) fabricated up of gunny bags may too be used on larger animals to provide them insulation and warmth during extreme winter season.

ii. Expert Ventilation

Good ventilation must be ensured during winters. Shed should be cleaned at least twice in a day for proper disposal of wastes and minimum piling up of ammonia gases.Animals should be cleaned regularly with make clean cloth or some brush. Hairs of animals should not be clipped during winters. Bathing of animals with cold water during winter should exist avoided.

3. Animals should be provided with proficient nutritious and counterbalanced diet during winters

Animals should be provided with skillful nutritious and balanced diet during winters. Berseem, most abundantly available green fodder, has high protein per centum and water content, can easily support production level of lactating and growing animals. And so, accordingly protein containing ingredients i.e. cakes in concentrates shall be reduced for economical production. The sequence of various types of cake to exist used may be in order of Mustard cake, Cotton seed cake, Groundnut cake and Soybean flakes. If at that place is shortage of light-green provender, and then 25-30 kg of leguminous fodder tin can be mixed with five-10 kg of wheat bhusa for feeding larger animals. In addition to this 3 kg of concentrate mixture will be sufficient to maintain the body temperature. If fodder is not scarce and then 40 to l kg of proficient quality green fodder will be sufficient to maintain the production upwardly to ten litres of milk in cattle and buffaloes. To avoid incidences of nitrate toxicity and bloat in winter, the leguminous fodders should exist mixed with either non legumes or wheat bhusa.

Contain 2% mineral mixture and 1% common salt in concentrate feed

He advised that one should never forget to incorporate 2% mineral mixture and 1% salt in concentrate feed during winters. Information technology should be purchased from reputed manufacturers. Clean, fresh, lukewarm h2o should be offered to the animals during winters. De-worming should be repeated 21 days after the initial dose to prevent other worm eggs and larvae in their additional stages of development. 1 should use suitable acaricides in the shed and on animals to control this trouble.

First published on: 12 Nov 2020, 04:56 IST

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