Characteristics of healthy livestock
Animal appetite
When a healthy animal sees food, it goes towards it and eats it with appetite, while a sick animal leaves a large amount of food consumed in its day untouched.
Attention! The reason why your pet does not go to food is not that it lacks appetite, but sometimes your pet has an appetite or even is hungry, but it cannot eat for reasons such as mouth sores or dental problems.
The state of rumination in livestock
If your animal is healthy, it should be able to ruminate properly. Good rumination is a sign that your animal can eat well. An animal that eats well, its belly swells.
When you look at your herd, half of your herd should be grazing. This is a sign that your herd is healthy.
If chewing is slow or incomplete, your animal is probably struggling with a problem.
Movement rate
A healthy animal is aware of its surroundings. Such an animal has mobility and does not lower its head and reacts to the events that happen around it (that is, it reacts to the sound and movements around it).
A healthy animal moves in the pasture together with other herd animals and is not separated from the rest. In fact, if the animal lags behind the rest of the herd, it is a sign that it is sick.
The shape of the outer covering (wool in sheep and hair in goats) and the skin of the body of goats should be soft and transparent.
The hair and wool of animals should not be plucked easily, of course, the wool and hair of sheep and goats fall naturally after winter.
Healthy animal hair and wool should be the same on all parts of the body, except for the head, hands and feet.
Sheep wool should not be made into hair like goats, but should be curly.
A healthy animal’s skin is free of any wounds, secretions and swelling.
Shape of ears, eyes and nose
The ears of a healthy animal are erect and move towards the sound. When insects sit on the ear of a healthy animal, the animal quickly shakes its ear to get rid of the evil of these insects.
The eyes of a healthy animal should be clear and there should be no discharge from the eyes.
Urinary and fecal excretion status
The stool of a healthy animal should have consistency, if it is too soft, it is a sign of diarrhea, and if it is too hard, it is a sign of constipation. Also, there should be no trace of blood in animal feces.
The urine of a healthy animal is clear and yellow. Your animal should not have pain when urinating.
Also, there should be no traces of blood or pus in the urine.
The normal temperature of the anus
The normal temperature of the anus of an adult sheep and goat is 4.39-38 degrees Celsius.
The normal temperature of the anus of lamb and goat is 40-538 degrees Celsius.
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