Many cattle farmers feed their cattle with pig feed and chicken feed. Why?

This is still related to the cow's stomach. Rumen is the place where coarse grains eaten by cattle are digested. There are many ciliates and bacteria in rumen. Cattle can only digest roughage by these microorganisms. Ciliates can turn plant protein into their own body protein and become animal protein. Pigs and cows are both mammals, but their digestive systems are completely different. Pigs are omnivores, and bull markets are ruminants and herbivores. Pig feed is specially prepared for balanced nutrition of pigs. Feeding cattle with pig feed will lead to malnutrition or lack of some trace elements.

Cows are herbivores, but pigs cannot be said to be herbivores. They are omnivores. This is related to their different digestive systems. Cow has four stomachs, it has a complete microbial system, and its digestion ability for roughage is relatively strong, because the digestion function of cattle and pigs is different. Cattle live mainly by eating grass, while pigs are omnivores. Cow's stomach is digested by ruminant feed, and forage is easy to ruminate in cow's stomach, while pig feed is mainly composed of grain and other additives.

In fact, the most critical reason is the stomach. A pig's stomach has only one stomach, just like our human body, but a cow is different. It has four stomachs, namely reticular stomach, rumen, bicuspid stomach and abomasum. The key lies in these stomachs Since feeding cattle with pig feed is prone to some problems, why are there so many people feeding cattle with pig feed? "Because there is little cattle feed, it is difficult to buy in many places, or even impossible to buy at all." This is the voice of some cattle friends.

Cattle and pigs belong to domestic animals, and for some people, they are almost the same. They even mix pig feed with cow feed, but there is a big difference between cattle and pigs. At a glance, the size and weight of cattle are much larger than that of pigs, and pig feed is generally more expensive. There are also some raw materials with high digestibility in pigs and not necessarily high rumen protein in cattle. Finally, of course, the copper content in pig feed is usually high.