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Country: Turkey
Dairy or/and meat sheep: Meat
Source of information: Research, Vet Newsletters, Bulletin of Ministry of Agr.
Level of solution: Knowledge
Aim: To improve external and internal environment for lamb health
Description:
- Leaflet “What to do during delivery-after birth”
- Booklet on simple hygiene preventions in indoor.
- Simple hygiene precautions increase lamb health and resilience.
- Different lamb production systems under extreme conditions (mismothering, etc)
Expected benefits: Increased lamb health after delivery and improved production
Prerequisites and/or limits:
- Farmers has to assist during and after delivery, that has a lot advantages but also time spending issue,
- Climatic factors influence new born health, thus basic requirements have to be considered for harsh conditions
- Farmers need to know the weak points of his flock and alternative physical modifications in the barn
- Climate for extensive farmers in the alpine region is an extra handicap they have to cope.
Tips & Tricks:
- Lamb weigh with rope
- Animal capture/fix with rope
- Feed unit modification for animal treatment
- Footh bath for biosecurity
- Door opening system in mountain farmers
- Feeding tool for youngs/orphans
Expected impacts:
| Benefit | |||||||
| Benefit expected | Increase productivity less abortion -mortality better labor organisation less stress for the farmer |
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| System | |||||||
| Is the solution suitable for various production systems | Y | Meat | |||||
| If no – for which system | |||||||
| Cost | |||||||
| What are the asset costs | ? | ||||||
| What are the maintenance costs | ? | ||||||
| Any limits to its applicability | |||||||
| Work Load | |||||||
| Farmers | Service provider/tech.-vet-others | ||||||
| How much time is required to prepare and implement the solution | 1 day – 1 week | ||||||
| How many people is needed to implement the solution? | 1 person | ||||||
| Timing | |||||||
| How long it takes to get results? | >=1week | ||||||
| How long it takes to see an effect on sheep productivity? | current production period | ||||||
| Equipment/Facility | |||||||
| Farmers | Service provider/technicians-vet-others | ||||||
| What kind of equipment/tool are necessary? | ? | ||||||
| Skill/Knowledge-Training (farmer) | |||||||
| Does the solution need any specific skill/knowledge or training? | yes | ||||||
| How much time will be required for training | 1 day | ||||||
| Wider Environment | |||||||
| Is there any particular regulation link to the solution? | no | ||||||
| Does the solution need any particular structure or organisation? | no | ||||||
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