Washing foot bath, listening to music, doing massage and breast health care, the cows in Sanhe Huaxia Ranch in Hebei live a high-end life of white-collar workers. I want to ask why the cows here are so happy and moist. This has to start with their owner, Mr. Zeng.
Mr. Zeng is from Taiwan Province Province, and it is his dream to build a high-grade dairy cattle sightseeing ranch in mainland China. After repeated investigations, his ranch was built in sanhe city, Hebei Province, only 50 kilometers away from Beijing. Cattle is a high-quality New Zealand Holstein cattle, and its feeding management technology is the most advanced technology introduced from abroad. Teacher Ke Zeng also has a different concept from conventional farming, that is, since he has raised it, he should be happy every day, enjoy the best welfare treatment and produce the best quality milk.
Manager Zeng: Cows are very docile animals, especially cows. If we have a good relationship with them, they will be happy in the future and will not be afraid, and their milk production will naturally increase. As long as its mood is stable, its milk production is stable, and the quality of milk is basically good.
Don't care about the mood of the cow. If you are emotional, the impact will be great.
Mr. Zeng: Because if you raise it well, it should produce an average of 45 kg to 50 kg of milk every day. If you can't raise it well, you may only have a milk yield of 10 kilograms. Forty or fifty kilograms is the barrel of distilled water we usually drink, big barrel, two and a half barrels, and the highest can reach three barrels. If you can't raise it well, it may be half a bucket.
Cows, like people, are in a good mood and have enhanced immunity, so they seldom get sick. Eating soundly and sleeping soundly will naturally produce more and better milk. In Huaxia Ranch, in order to make cows happy, it has become the conscious behavior of employees to play music and help them massage.
Female breeder: If you want to brush it or something, it will chase you.
Female breeder: Very honest, just like knowing what others say. Quite honest. I have feelings for these cows.
Music is played at 7 am and 1 pm during milking time every day. After listening to such beautiful music as butterfly lovers, cows will be very relaxed, which can promote milk secretion and increase milk production. As for massage, there is no time limit. As long as you have time, contact them as much as possible. Not only do they feel comfortable, but they also have feelings for employees after a long time. Because there are no guards, the cows here are not afraid of people.
Ceng Laoshi not only massages cows every day, but also whispers to them. What's the good, baby? It's all sweet talk, so Niu has the best feeling with him. Seeing him coming from a distance, I jumped and ran, all vying for him to touch me. When you meet a jealous person, you are still vying for favor.
When cows are in a good mood, they don't fight each other, but they fight each other. Speaking of top cows, have you found that the cows here have no horns at all? Where are their horns?
Manager Zeng: When they were fifteen days old, we used electric heating to iron them. After scalding, they stop growing, so they won't hurt each other.
However, will this affect the normal growth of cattle?
Manager Zeng: It doesn't matter at all, because cows don't need horns to resist foreign objects now.
Cattle raised in captivity have degenerated horns. After removing the horns, they can be prevented from unintentionally hurting or hurting the breeder. In order to keep the cows in a good mood, the breeder can be said to care about the cows in every possible way. You are like a cow. Wash your foot bath twice a year and trim your hooves. How to repair the hooves?
Male breeder: Measure 7.5 cm before trimming and cut off the excess. This side, the front side, should be scraped flat first. When it is scraped flat, it is flat, so it is concave in the middle. This place is concave, just like a small bowl.
Because the middle part of the hoof is soft, it can be recessed to prevent hard things from being caught. In addition, the festering place on the hoof must be scraped clean to prevent further infection. Also, scrape the hooves clean.
Male breeder: Finishing hooves can prevent hoof disease. Another point is that its hoof nails are very long and it is difficult to walk. There is also something dirty in it. If it is not repaired, it will rot deeper and deeper, and finally the cow will be scrapped.
After the repair, oxytetracycline solution should be sprayed again. To do this, one is to eliminate the inflammation of the old wound, and the other is to prevent the newly scratched surface from being infected with germs and prevent hoof disease. After trimming the hooves, the cows will save a lot of energy when they walk again.
Manager Zeng: Because of the weight of cattle, it will grow to 750 to 850 Jin in the future. Such a heavy weight will be distributed on four small hooves. So if the distribution is uneven, it will be crooked, which will have a great impact on its health. Therefore, repairing its hooves twice a year is just like buying it two new pairs of shoes, which is very helpful to its health.
In order to make cows healthy and happy, they also thought a lot of tricks. You see, the place where cows rest and move is different from other places. The cows here sleep in the sand bed.
Manager Zeng: The sand bed has two functions. The first function is that the sand is soft and comfortable to sleep on. The second role, the most important thing is to prevent mastitis.
Cow's breasts are the most sensitive and susceptible to infection. In addition to the invasion of foreign germs, the bacteria carried by the cow's own feces will also infect the cow's breasts. Fine sand has strong water permeability, which can ensure the dryness of the activity area of dairy cows, reduce the possibility of bacterial growth, protect the breasts of dairy cows and reduce the chance of illness.
Manager Zeng: Because if you get mastitis and take antibiotics, this milk will be polluted and you can't drink it.
Therefore, only by eliminating mastitis can we produce high-quality fresh milk in a strict sense. In order to ensure the cleanliness and hygiene of the dairy cattle activity place, the pasture should be replaced with new sand every two weeks. Although the cost is a bit high, it is still worthwhile to get the health of cows! In addition, the pasture also uses bacterial biotherapy to detect whether cows have mastitis.
Manager Du: Every week, samples are taken from cows and the milk of each cow, and a basic test of bacterial culture is made. I can show you. These are our random samples. Some are signs that we think it has mastitis, and some have been detected, but none at all. This is the right front of our 22 12 cow, so it is completely innocent.
Harmless means no bacterial infection. By further cultivating these samples containing bacteria, we can detect the specific infection of this kind of bacteria and then prescribe the right medicine. This can reduce the use of antibiotics and ensure the quality of milk.
In addition to humanistic care for cows and keeping them in a good mood, pastures also rely on high-tech means to ensure the health of cows. For example, this little bell-like collar worn around the neck of a cow, don't underestimate it. Every physical index of the cow is sensed by it.
Manager Du: There is a blue bell hanging. It is actually a wireless computer recognizer. Its main function is that it has a number. The computer can identify the location of this cow in many places. To give the simplest example, this cow entered the milking parlour. Before milking, it will pass through a checkpoint, where the number of the cow will be identified.
Then, which cow, when, which milking machine entered and how much milk was milked, these data were recorded. The daily data of each cow is transmitted to the PDA of each manager through the central computer room of the ranch. In this way, the health, activity and milk yield of each cow are under the control of the manager.
Manager Du: For example, I left No.2900 cow today, which means that this cow was pregnant on April 6 and has been bred twice before. At the same time, you can see when it got a pedicure and when it showed any symptoms, such as whether it even caught a cold or something. These are all on this. For us, when we diagnose a cow today, we can't make any mistakes.
These data are equivalent to establishing an original medical file for cattle. Summarize the daily data, make a chart and make a comprehensive analysis, and the health status of dairy cows will be clear at a glance.
Cattle, in fact, is a kind of advanced animal with rich feelings. As long as you care about it and treat it well, it will repay you. Like the cows here, the average milk yield in the first year is 1 1 ton to 12 ton, and the milk yield of one cow here can be comparable to that of two, three or even three or four cows raised extensively.
In order to impart their experience to more people, at present, Ranch has also established the Sino-American Dairy Management Training Center in cooperation with the American Grain Association.
Ma Bo: The main purpose is to train managers of large-scale cattle farms. Because we feel that China is short of senior managers now. China's dairy enterprises have developed rapidly, and the development speed exceeds that of talents. Therefore, we think this is an opportunity to help the development of dairy enterprises in China.
In the next step, Ceng Laoshi will also open his milk processing workshop, so that consumers who visit the pasture can see clearly all aspects from breeding to processing and drink real high-quality assured milk; And taste handmade yogurt, ice cream, etc. It can also let children know more about the popular science of cows. By then, Mr. Zeng will truly realize his dream of building a sightseeing pasture.