Cattle-raising technology in China has also been widely spread to other Asian countries.
But on the other side of the earth, the United States, a western country, can be said to be a big country that breeds cattle and sheep.
The United States has advanced cattle and sheep breeding technology. There are not only modern farms and streamlined breeding technology, but also a completely different breeding concept from Asian countries.
When you raise cattle there, you will first open a hole in the cow's body to expose it, and you can see the cow's body through the hole.
In China, the method of raising cattle basically follows the rules, and farmers are used to measuring the health of cattle from the integrity of appearance.
Maintaining the integrity of the body and skin of cattle is the most basic requirement. Usually, the health of cattle can be directly identified by observing the luster of their fur.
When we see Americans raising cattle, we usually think that this practice is very undesirable and will endanger the health of cattle. Not only that, we also think this practice is very inhuman and cruel.
As everyone knows, this practice does little harm to cattle.
Opening a hole in a cow is a way to directly observe whether the cow's stomach is healthy.
Because cows are bigger, they need to consume more energy.
Usually, Niu Yi eats a lot of forage and stores the surplus forage in various parts of his stomach.
Digest slowly if necessary.
This way of eating is also often called rumination.
As a result, cattle often suffer from stomach diseases due to long-term intake of excessive food.
Once you eat too much food, it is not easy to digest in your stomach.
Once beef is eaten too much, it will produce a lot of harmful gases, which will have a bad influence on the stomach of cattle.
The rumen of cattle is mainly responsible for storing forage that cattle have not chewed or digested.
Generally speaking, it is to open a hole in this part.
In the daily feeding process, we can directly observe the cow's stomach through the hose method, find out whether the cow has indigestion symptoms in time and take remedial measures in time.
But some people will ask, this method is no less than artificial surgery on cattle.
Won't cows suffer in the process of opening holes? From the mouth of the veterinarian, the cow will be anesthetized before opening the hole.
In the process of opening the hole, the cow will not feel anything, but will feel pain after waking up.
Later, with the gradual self-repair of the wound.
As long as the disinfection work is done in time, the cattle will grow healthily, which is very beneficial to the health of cattle in general.
But why is such a good farming technique not widely used in China? Professionals replied that this is related to the scale of cattle raising.
Cattle farms in the United States are large in scale, raising thousands of cows at once and feeding them mechanically are likely to lead to excessive intake.
But in China, this is a natural way of grazing.
Choose forage according to your hunger level, and there will be no problem of eating too much.
On the other hand, in terms of output, beef is not the main meat source in China's national diet, but pork is the main meat source for China residents.
Mutton is only used as an auxiliary meat source.
In terms of supply and demand, China does not need to raise cattle on a large scale like the United States.
From the perspective of economic output, a large number of large-scale farming will increase more income, so Americans are willing to invest part of their income in cattle surgery.
In China, farmers don't want to spend more income to transform cattle, and there is absolutely no need to do so.
Not only that, from the point of view of science and technology, the United States began to use this technology to raise cattle at the beginning of last century, and now it can be said that it has a history of hundreds of years, and this technology is very mature.
However, this technology is still in the experimental stage in China and is not suitable for large-scale promotion.
In terms of forage composition, Chinese herbal medicines in China are very rich and widely distributed in various pastures. In many areas, it can be said that cattle and sheep grew up eating Chinese herbal medicines.
At the same time, these Chinese herbal ingredients also contribute to the digestive function of cattle and have a subtle influence on the health of cattle.
abstract
China and the United States are both big countries in animal husbandry, and both countries have learned a lot of valuable experience in the history of animal husbandry for many years. It can be said that each mountain has its own ingenious methods and each family has its own unique secrets.
From the point of view that all roads lead to the same goal, the final effect and purpose are the same.
So we don't have to worry about whether this kind of breeding technology is good to start with cattle or to use pure natural breeding technology.
In a word, as long as you can raise cattle and sheep well, it doesn't matter which technology you use.