Cattle and sheep should not eat more food
Cattle and sheep are herbivores. But some people like to feed them more food, thinking that it can increase nutrition. In fact, cattle and sheep teeth and dog teeth are underdeveloped, and the crown of the carious tooth has a wider platform surface, which is convenient for eating grass and grinding fiber. The use of roughage to feed cattle and sheep is in line with their biological characteristics. Cattle and sheep are ruminants and have four stomachs. The first three stomachs are collectively referred to as the foregut, and there are a large number of bacteria in the fore stomach. They can digest and decompose the crude fiber in the feed. This is one of the main reasons why cattle and sheep can make heavy use of roughage. At the same time, cattle and sheep can spit back into the oral cavity and then carefully chewed a large amount of roughage that was eaten into the rumen. Therefore, in actual feeding, the cattle and sheep must have sufficient ruminating time to ensure their normal digestive function. Large cattle and sheep stomach. The volume of bovine stomach accounts for about 70% of the total digestive tract, the stomach of the sheep accounts for about 67%, and their rumen volume accounts for about 80% of the entire volume. Therefore, in the actual breeding of cattle and sheep, in order to meet their fullness, large feeds such as green feed and roughage must be fed. Therefore, the feed containing crude fiber should be used as a staple food, with the appropriate mix.