{"id":2586,"date":"2022-09-28T10:36:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T08:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.segardmasurel.com\/?p=2586"},"modified":"2025-01-06T15:36:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T14:36:58","slug":"sheep-shearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.segardmasurel.com\/en\/sheep-shearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheep shearing, an essential moment in the life of the sheep and the farmer."},"content":{"rendered":"

An abundant fleece is a real asset for sheep, enabling them to withstand strong changes in temperature and difficult environmental conditions<\/b>. However, wool fibres grow continuously, so shearing sheep is essential to maintaining their health and well-being. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Shearing, a necessary step for sheep health<\/b><\/h2>\n

The first benefit of shearing for sheep is to <\/span>relieve them of the heat during the summer months<\/b>. Abundant fleece can become cumbersome and too hot for sheep. Sheep can easily tolerate outside temperatures of between 10 and 25\u00b0C, but the heat can be too much for them beyond that.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another advantage of shearing is that you can <\/span>monitor the potential proliferation of parasites in the wool fibres<\/b>. Sheep are prone to parasitic infections. Depending on the environment, a dense fleece that is subject to a certain amount of humidity can hide scabies, lice or the larvae of other parasites. Shearing is therefore a necessary moment for the farmer<\/a> to check for the presence of any skin diseases and act accordingly to protect the flock from contagious parasites.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Shearing is also an opportune moment <\/span>to judge the sheep’s good health<\/b>, by checking its skin or its weight. Just as an abundant fleece can hide parasites, it can also hide a sheep that is thin or abnormally fat. In this case, it can indicate to the farmer that the sheep identified is potentially ill and needs to be treated by a vet. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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