Poor nutrition is a cross-cutting constraint affecting growth and reproduction rates in small ruminants, the impact of worms on animals, and lamb and kid mortality. Feed gaps caused by seasonal deficiencies in the supply of home-grown feed as compared to demand from livestock are the main issue, and overstocking and overgrazing are also common. Grazing is the most important feed source and used for sheep and goats grown on farm.
The concwntrate as a supplement with grazing can improve their performance and is being practiced by few shepherds
Avoiding overgrazing by adapting the stocking rate is fundamental, whatever the forage production. However, this can be optimized by controlling reproduction, to match the herd's highest needs (females at the end of gestation and beginning of lactation) with the period of high forage production - usually the beginning of the wet season. Another improvement is to harvest and store wet season forage surpluses as hay or silage for distribution in the dry season. Improving the feed value of crop residues (straws) or dry grass by treating them with ammonia or urea can also lead to increased efficiency of the livestock system. Most of these methods were implemented by FAO from the 1970s-1980s
i think in my humble opinion, using specific plant resideo in optimum concentration will help in sporting lambs health, i used in my thesis grape pomace, that gave a good results.
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