Question

1) Why are sheep fed on protein rich diet?

Answer 1

" Sheep are fed with a protein-rich diet.

This is so because sheep are fed with low protein diets, they will lose weight and they use their own tissues to meet the demand of protein.

Also, low protein diet reduces the chances of pregnancy, growth rates, and productivity.

Therefore, to overcome these problems, sheep are fed with high protein.

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Answer 2

• The main reason to fed sheep on protein rich diet is that they produce wool.The animals that produce wool have a higher requirement of protein  as compared to other animals
• Sheep get protein from pasture grass.As it a ruminant it will derive the protein from plant source only .The essential amino acids required by the sheep is also derived from its food
• Legumes like cubes, soybean, and sunflower seeds are rich in protein source
• The sheep feeding on protein rich diet produces good quality of wool.
• As we know that the hair is made of protein and if we will give more protein to sheep the hair will grow better and the output will be more as compared to other sheep