Bikaner : Bikaner The changing weather has brought problems for the sheep. The intense sunlight during the day and the cold at night are proving painful for the sheep. In such weather, outbreak of cephalalgia disease has started in sheep. This disease is called estrus ovis in scientific language, which is spread by a special type of fly. This fly usually makes sheep sick only.
Sephra outbreak more
According to the scientists of the Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute here, at present a large number of sheep are in the grip of sephra. If one sheep gets this disease, then other sheep roaming in the enclosure also get affected by it.
More than 70 percent sheep are affected
changing At this time in the season, more than 70 percent of the sheep are affected by sephra disease. Although sheep do not die from this infection, if timely treatment is not done, the disease can worsen and lead to death.
Due to this infection, sheep lose appetite and thirst and become irritable. Eating less fodder and water leads to physical weakness, due to which wool production also becomes weak and the quantity of meat also reduces. The lamb growing in the stomach also becomes weak due to this infection. The only way to prevent this is to administer deworming medicine once, so that the larvae can be prevented from growing.
so many sheep in the state
According to the information, this At present there are 8 crore sheep in the entire state. This includes 10 lakh sheep in Barmer, 8 lakh in Jaisalmer, 7.50 lakh in Pali, 7 lakh in Bikaner and 6 lakh in Jodhpur. It is being told that due to change in weather, about 70 percent of sheep have this disease.
