Breeding rabbit basic knowledge

First, the basic habits of rabbits

(Because rabbits, rabbits and rabbits have similar aquaculture methods, this website will call these three types of rabbits collectively rabbits. The following example uses rabbits as an example to introduce the basic knowledge of rabbit breeding.)

A. Night feeding:

The rabbit has the characteristics of quiet night movement. During the day, they were listless, eyes closed, and food intake was low. At night, their spirits were strong, and their intake and drinking water increased, accounting for more than 70% of the whole day. Therefore, feed the fodder and drink enough water at night, and the conditional breeder can feed once in the middle of the night.

B, somnolence:

Rabbits often close their eyes and repose during the day and show a quiet state or sleep. At this time, other stimuli besides hearing are less likely to cause excitement. According to this habit, the breeder should keep the rabbit house and surrounding environment quiet while ensuring normal feeding, drinking, and routine management. During the day, the breeder should not try to prevent the rabbit from sleeping.

C, timidity:

Rabbits are small galloping animals and can make judgments with a keen sense of hearing when encountering predators. Sudden noises, strangers or strange animals such as cats and dogs can cause rabbits to panic and affect the surrounding rabbits. Therefore, in feeding and management, the actions should be as light and stable as possible, and it should be the same to prevent strangers or other animals from entering the rabbit house.

D, cleanliness:

Rabbits love a clean, dry living environment. In a humid, dirty environment, the spread of parasites that can cause infectious diseases in rabbits. Therefore, in the design and daily management of rabbit houses, it is necessary to ensure that the houses are clean and dry, cool in winter and cool in summer and well ventilated.

E. Living alone:

Although rabbits have groups, they are very poor. In the group raising, males, females and males of the same sex often compete with each other, especially male rabbits. Pay more attention to new purchases. Therefore, adult rabbits are kept in single cages.

F, biting:

The rabbit's first pair of incisors are permanent teeth, which are born at birth and never change and continue to grow. Rabbits must constantly wear through the aid of eating and biting hard objects in order to maintain normal occlusion of their upper and lower incisors. Therefore, in the raising of rabbits, attention should be paid to the construction of cages. Rabbits should not use biting materials as much as possible in order to extend the life of rabbit cages. In addition, it is necessary to provide rabbits with conditions for molars, such as processing composite feeds into hard pellet feeds, or placing branches or sticks in cages for rabbit bites to facilitate the abrasion of incisor teeth and promote chewing and digestion of feed.

G, burrowing:

Cavernousness refers to the instinctive behavior of rabbits that have holes and caves in the cave. This habit cannot be used for modern rabbit production. However, in the case of cage rearing, it is necessary to build a litter box or nest for the breeding female rabbit so that the female rabbit will have a litter in the box (litter). However, in the construction of rabbit houses, the burrowing of rabbits must be taken into consideration. Rabbits have holes in the houses due to improper selection or unreasonable design, which makes feeding and management difficult.

H. Excrement:

The excretion of rabbits refers to the instinctive behavior of rabbits to eat part of their own feces. This is a normal physiological phenomenon and is beneficial to rabbits. Rabbits usually excrete two types of feces, one of which is granular, hard feces and is discharged during the day. One is a group of soft feces, discharged at night. When rabbits excrete soft excrement, they naturally eat from the anus with their mouths, swallow them with a bit of chewing, and eat all the soft feces that are discharged every day. Only when the rabbits get sick do they stop eating feces. Therefore, we must pay attention to whether there is soft feces in the management of the inspection. If soft feces are found, we should conduct health checks on rabbits in time to achieve early treatment and reduce losses.

II. Preliminary preparation for investing in rabbit projects

A. Preparation for rabbit farms:

A good rabbit house is an important material basis for rabbit production. To build a new rabbit house, we should choose a place with high dryness, flatness, leeward sunshine, low groundwater level, good drainage, and a spacious place. There should be sufficient water and good water quality. . Stay away from slaughterhouses, livestock markets, livestock processing plants, and frequent crossings of sex animals, alongside busy traffic and pedestrian traffic. It is best to be built 200 meters from the main line of traffic and 100 meters away from the ordinary road.

Rabbithouses are adapted to local conditions and are based on the principles of conservation, heatstroke prevention, moisture protection, rain protection, cold protection, pollution prevention, animal protection, epidemic prevention, and convenience of temperature control, humidity control, light control, and management. There are shed-type rabbit houses, semi-open rabbit houses, enclosed rabbit houses, indoor open-type rabbit houses, barrier-feeding group rabbit houses, cave-type rabbit houses, cellar-style rabbit houses, and selected mountain digging type rabbit houses.

B. Preparation of rabbit cages:

The market has plastic, wire mesh combined rabbit cages to buy. Self-made rabbit cages should generally be low cost, durable, easy to operate and wash, and meet the physiological requirements of rabbits. The rabbit cage design is based on the principle that rabbits can move freely in cages. It is 2 times longer for adult rabbits, 1.3 times longer and 1.3 times longer.

Rabbits have: sewage system, litter box, feeding trough, straw rack, drinking fountains, fixed boxes and other components.

C. Preparation for raising rabbits:

Raising the reproduction rate, survival rate, and grade rate of meat rabbits is the key to guaranteeing the success of raising rabbits. It is necessary to solve the problem of talented people who raise rabbits in advance. It is an external or internal culture, such as internal culture, and it is necessary to press rows. Personnel or their own training in a regular rabbit farm, there is no condition to buy a large number of professional books on raising rabbits, newspapers and magazines for self-study, but also can often check this site "Technical Abstracts - rabbit" column, and constantly raise and enrich rabbits technology.

D. Preparation for rabbit feed:

Rabbits are herbivorous animals, mainly plant feeds such as green fodder and hay. There are wheat bran, barley, bean cakes, etc., such as large-scale breeding of rabbits, first of all to consider the issue of forage grass, but also consider the purchase of crushing machine, pellet machine for the conditional breeding unit, because the homemade full price, pellet feed, is conducive to Raise the effectiveness of raising rabbits.

E. Rabbit preparation for epidemic prevention:

Rabbit disease is the enemy of rabbit production. If it is improperly reared or managed to meet the prevalence of rabbit disease, deaths will occur in groups and in batches. Before breeding, attention must be paid to the knowledge of rabbit epidemic prevention and the prevention of epidemic prevention.

F. Preparation for raising rabbits:

Before the introduction, we must fully understand the meat rabbits for species and supply, and master the basic knowledge of selecting rabbits. We must adhere to the principles of purchasing qualified seedlings, adhere to the principle of quality ratio service, and adhere to the principle of nearest purchase. The quality of good rabbits.

Third, the basic knowledge of feeding and management rabbits

A, spring feeding management:

In southern China, there is more rain and humidity in the spring and more rabbit diseases. In the north, more wind and sand in the spring and large temperature difference between morning and evening are one of the unfavorable seasons for rabbits. Therefore, we should do a good job of preventing moisture and preventing diseases in breeding and management.

1 To ensure feed supply Although weeds have gradually grown in the spring, due to high water content, they are susceptible to mildew and spoilage, or feeds with mud and accumulated heat. In rainy and humid weather, feed high-moisture feeds, and dry feeds should be properly fed; green feed harvested after rain should be air-dried and then fed. In the feed, it is best to mix in a small amount of bactericidal feed such as garlic, onion, leeks, etc. to enhance the disease resistance of rabbits.

2 Doing a good job in cage hygiene Due to the high rainfall and high humidity in the spring, it is very beneficial to the reproduction of pathogens. Therefore, we must do a good job in the cleanliness of the cages, so that the cages are clean and dry, they must be cleaned, diligently cleaned, diligently cleaned and diligently disinfected. . When the humidity on the ground is relatively high, weeds or lime can be used for disinfection, sterilization, and moisture protection.

3 Strengthen the inspection Spring is the season with the highest incidence of rabbits, especially coccidiosis is the most dangerous. Check the health condition of the rabbits every day, and find the problems in time. For poor appetite, abdominal swelling, diarrhea arched rabbits should be promptly isolated treatment.

The north has less rainfall in the spring and the temperature is suitable. Only the wind and sand are relatively large and the climate is relatively dry. Special attention must be paid to the prevention and control of epidemics in management.

B. Summer feeding management:

The climate in summer is characterized by high temperature and humidity. Rabbits suffer from underdeveloped sweat glands, often suffer from loss of appetite due to heat, and reduced resistance to disease, especially for young and young rabbits. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to the cooling of the Department of Defense and careful feeding in the breeding management.

1 Summer cooling rabbit house should be cool and ventilated, not letting the sun shine directly on the rabbit cage. When the temperature in the cage exceeds 30°C, the ground can be used to reduce the temperature. The open air rabbit farm should promptly establish a pergola and plant the melon early. Grapes and other climbing plants.

2 Carefully raise summer midday heat and affect appetite. Therefore, daily feeds must be fed early for breakfast, late for dinner, feed green feed at noon, and provide plenty of clean drinking water. You can add 2% salt in drinking water. To supplement the consumption of salt in the body, it can quench thirst and heatstroke.

3 Do a good job in hygienic summer Because of the large number of mosquitoes and flies, the bacteria are prone to breeding, and we must do a good job in sanitation. Food troughs and drinking utensils must be washed once a day. The cages should be cleaned and diligently disinfected, and the feed should be prevented from becoming moldy. Special attention must be paid to the prevention and treatment of coccidiosis.

C, autumn feeding management:

The dry climate in autumn, with abundant feed and rich nutrition, is a good season for raising rabbits. In feeding and management, it should be:

1 It is more difficult to breed rabbits in autumn. The breeding rate is low, and the number of litters is small. However, the climate is mild and the feed is rich. The pups are well developed, with strong physique and high survival rate. Where conditions permit, breeding can be arranged between the end of July and the beginning of August. If you have to re-arrange your species from September to October, you must check whether there is heating equipment. If not, you should stop winter breeding.

2 To strengthen the breeding of adult rabbits in the fall is the time of the hair replacement period. The rabbits in the hair replacement period are weak and have poor appetite. Therefore, more green feed should be fed and feeds with higher protein content should be appropriately fed. Rabbits in the hair-cutting period are not allowed to slaughter and skin.

3 Carefully manage the temperature in autumn. There is a large temperature difference between morning and evening and noon, sometimes up to 10~15°C. Young rabbits are prone to colds, enteritis, pneumonia and other diseases. Therefore, it must be carefully managed. The group of rabbits should rush back to the interior every evening. Whenever there is a gale or rain, they cannot allow their open air activities.

D. Winter feeding and management:

Winter temperatures are low, sunshine hours are short, and there is a lack of fresh green feed. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen feeding and management.

1 The temperature of the cold-keeping rabbit house in winter is not required to be very warm except for neonatal puppies, but the temperature should be relatively stable and should not be hot or cold. Indoor cage rabbits should close the doors and windows to prevent thieves from invading; outdoor cage raise rabbits, cage doors should be hung straw or cotton curtains to prevent cold wind invasion, the bottom of the cage can be grass or other materials for insulation.

2 Affordable feed Because of the low temperature in winter and the high calorie consumption of rabbits, the daily diet should be increased by 1/3 of that of other seasons regardless of the size of the rabbit. Special feeds should be given to high-energy concentrates. In addition, due to lack of green fodder in the winter, prone to vitamin deficiency, every day should try to feed some leaves, carrots, barley malt, etc., to supplement the deficiency of vitamins.

3 Carefully manage the rabbits in both winter and winter, put a small amount of hay in the cage for night-time habitat. During the day, the wind and warm weather should be selected, and the rabbits should be placed on the playground. However, each rabbit must have an ear number. Otherwise, it is not possible to do so. It is necessary to strengthen the management of the nest boxes of the rabbits, diligently clean up, and constantly change the grass for expansion, so as to be clean, dry and hygienic. Winter is the best slaughter and skinning season. Commercial rabbits should be reared before the slaughter to improve the quality of fur.

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