Is it easy to raise porcupine? porcupine breeding technique

Porcupine is also called arrow pig because its burr is like an arrow and it will fall off and shoot out when it meets the enemy. This kind of animal is a kind of wild animal with high economic value, of course, there are also some artificially raised porcupines. Many people have seen its breeding prospects, but it is not clear whether the porcupine is easy to raise.

Is porcupine easy to raise?

Porcupine is a kind of rare animal with high economic value. Because of its delicate meat and delicious taste, it is deeply loved by people and is known as Shanzhen. Generally speaking, porcupine is also relatively easy to raise, artificial breeding porcupine, captive breeding is the best, easy to manage, cage construction facilities is very simple, investment is small, feeding density is 1-2 / mu, all carry out raw feed feeding, artificial breeding porcupine work intensity is light, generally a labor year can raise 400-500. The development of this emerging aquaculture industry has special economic value and unique market prospects.

Porcupine breeding technique

1. Requirements for building a site

A breeding enclosure with a roof, divided into inner and outer rooms, and covered with a solid cement floor (bedding grass is placed on the ground). The inner and outer chambers are generally 2m wide, 3m long and 1.1-1.2m high. The inner chamber is the place to inhabit and give birth, the outer chamber is the place for activity and sunbathing, and the outer chamber is built with a drinking pool on one side of the iron gate. Feed can be placed in the inner chamber on rainy days and in the outer chamber on sunny days.

2. Breeding and breeding

Porcupine has strong stomach digestibility. Under wild conditions, it likes to eat corn, wheat, rice, red taro, cabbage, radish, pumpkin, peanut and other crops. Under artificial feeding conditions, in addition to the above feed, pine roots and holly branches can also be put. The total amount of diet put in was to the extent that there was a little surplus after eating every night, and a small amount of unfinished feed was eliminated on the second day. Porcupine mating at night, pregnancy is about 110 days, lactation is about days, usually 1 baby a year, 1 baby 2 babies.

3. Disease prevention and treatment

Although the porcupine has strong vitality and is not prone to disease, it should be noted that in late spring and early summer, the feeding of green feed should not exceed 30% of the dietary content to prevent stomach gas expansion and nitrite poisoning; the clear water should be changed once a day, and 0.5% ciprofloxacin powder should be added at intervals in drinking water; intestinal deworming, bedding grass and site disinfection should be carried out regularly.

Breeding advantages of porcupine

1, strong disease resistance: porcupine can live in minus 10 degrees to 45 degrees, keep the column clean, ventilated, and usually do not get sick.

2, the market potential is big: now the price of high-end hotels in large and medium-sized cities is high, because the output of porcupine is not high and the development is slow, it can not meet the market demand for three to five years. When the number of the whole country increases, the price of commodity porcupine is about 40 yuan per jin. There is room for profit. If the price of porcupine is reduced, the public can afford to enter supermarkets and ordinary hotels, and the relevant parts of porcupine can enter the pharmaceutical market, the market prospect will be broader.

3. The feeding cost is low: the annual feeding cost of each porcupine is 220 yuan, and the feed is mainly produced by farmers, mainly sweet potatoes, corn, pumpkins, soybeans, radishes and many kinds of vegetables and weeds.

4. Less labor input: 400-500 heads can be raised per person per year.

5. The difficulty of breeding is low: now there are many people who go out to work in rural areas, and the families who stay at home are mainly young and old. it is not easy to master highly technical industries, but it is easy to feed 10-20 porcupines. If large-scale breeding is needed, the technical difficulty is not great.

6. Long-term benefit: after having a kind of porcupine, only feed input is needed. Porcupine pigs can be up to 12 years old, and the peak period of litter birth is 6-8 years.

Artificial breeding technology of porcupine

1. The choice of breeding porcupine

The excellent breed of porcupine should be selected and the strong porcupine captured in the field with good physiological characteristics should be selected. Male porcupine should have strong sexual desire and good semen quality. Female porcupine should be maternal, do not eat, and give birth to a large number of offspring. Breeding porcupine must have a clear pedigree to prevent inbreeding.

2. Environmental requirements

During the breeding period, the breeding environment must be kept quiet to avoid strong stimulation of sound, light, electricity and peculiar smell.

3. Mating age

Female pigs should be (12-14) months old and male pigs should be (16-18) months old. The reproduction and utilization life of porcupine is (2-8) years, the peak breeding period of female porcupine is (3-5) years, and that of male porcupine is (3-7) years. The aged and weak breeding porcupine should be eliminated in time. Induced estrus porcupine can use drugs to induce estrus when the estrus symptoms are not obvious during the estrus season.

The breeding method of porcupine is not very difficult, but any aquaculture industry, we must first understand its relevant habits in order to work out a reasonable breeding method suitable for its growth. The current breeding prospect of porcupine is still very considerable, the most important thing is that it is not vulnerable to disease.