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Country: Spain
Dairy or/and meat sheep: Dairy and meat
Source of information: Bibliography and technical Services
Level of solution: Practical
Aim: To achieve facilities in optimal conditions for lambings.
Description:
- What is implemented;
Regular cleaning and disinfection of the bedding and the barn.
- How and When is implemented;
Before lambings: The barn must be cleaned and disinfected with bleach, lime or any commercial disinfectant.
During lambings: keep the bedding as clean and dry as possible, usually with new straw or with any other drying material; Continuous removal of placentas.
After lambings: the bedding must be removed and the barn cleaned and disinfected.
Expected benefits:
Lower presence and spread of pathogenic agents, and therefore lower risk of health hazards and lamb mortality
Prerequisites and/or limits (knowledge, training, capabilities, cost, management, facilities, equipment, etc.)
- Knowledge.
- Economic cost.
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Expected impacts:
| Benefit | |||||||
| Benefit expected | mortality less stress for the farmer |
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| System | |||||||
| Is the solution suitable for various production systems | Y | ||||||
| If no – for which system | extensive system, lambing time outdoor | ||||||
| Cost | |||||||
| What are the asset costs | 100-500 | ||||||
| What are the maintenance costs | <50 | ||||||
| Any limits to its applicability | depends on the specifications of the product applied | ||||||
| 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? | 1-2 | ||||||
| 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? | Cleaning and desinfection products | ||||||
| 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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