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2023-02
Can Pig farm and cattle farms be put together?
Can Pig farm and cattle farms be put together?
Let Pig farm and cattle farms be raised in two circles within the same field. My advice is don't do it. Because if the pig farm and the cattle farm are raised in the same factory, the result may be that the pigs are not raised well, the cattle are not raised well, it is better to have a livestock.
One of the biggest problems with Pig farm and cattle farms being raised on the same lot is that they can easily infect each other.
Cattle are resistant to disease and have a low chance of getting sick. But it's hard to raise pigs these days. You should know the basics of raising pigs this year. Pig farming itself is at great risk of disease, especially in winter.
Pigs and cattle have a common disease, foot and mouth disease. Foot-and-mouth disease is now seasonless and can infect pigs at any time.
Foot-and-mouth disease is also a common disease in cattle farming.
If cattle and pigs were mixed together, the cattle would not get sick, but the pigs got foot-and-mouth disease and were fed in the same field, do you think the cattle could run away?
The management of beef and pigs is very different, and there are many inconveniences in feeding on one site.
Cows are ruminants. Feed mainly forage every day, supplemented by refining. Sometimes you need to free range, back and forth. Usually, large quantities of hay are stored in factories.
Pigs are raised in enclosures on farms, mainly for feed. Both pigs and cows have to be cleaned up every day, and pigs and cows have to be vaccinated regularly.
Every human entry and exit, whether for selling pigs or cattle, increases the risk of disease in pigs and cattle.
Does the questioner have such a mixed pig and cattle farm now, or is he planning to build such a farm in the future?
If you already have this kind of mixed farm, then I recommend that you take the next step with just one animal, either pig or cow, so that you have less chance of getting sick.
If you are going to build such a farm, then I recommend abandoning the idea sooner rather than later, or building a single animal farm.
In general, keeping pigs and cattle in separate enclosures is harmful and is advised against.