Culture technology and benefit of muskrat

Muskrat is a lovely small animal, which is named because it can produce secretions similar to musk. The musk secreted by muskrat has high utilization value and has a wide range of uses, so the cultivation of muskrat has become a hot entrepreneurial project. So can raising muskrats really bring benefits?

Culture technology and benefit of muskrat

Muskrat culture has the characteristics of low project investment, low feeding cost and good economic benefits.

The project investment is small: muskrats can be raised according to local conditions, can be raised separately by abandoned ponds and rivers, can be kept in captivity by orchards and woods, or caged by courtyards, balconies or flat-roofed roofs.

Good economic benefits: raising a pair of muskrats, breeding 2-3 babies a year in the north, 4-5 in the south, 3-4 in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, with a maximum of 6, generally 8-12, and a maximum of 24. Male muskrats can extract 6-7 grams of musk alive during estrus (March-October). The price per gram is currently about 140 yuan. You can peel no less than 20 pieces, and the current price of each piece of fur is about 50 yuan.

The feeding cost is low: Muskrat is a herbivorous amphibian with a wide range of feed sources. it can eat more than 100 recommended vegetables and grains, such as Chinese cabbage, carrots, water peanuts and reeds, with low feeding cost and simple feeding methods. as long as we pay attention to regular feeding, hygiene and disease prevention and treatment, all of them can be fed.

Feeding and management of muskrat

The main results are as follows: 1. Spring coincides with its mating preparation and mating period. the southern region enters the preparatory mating period in February and March, while the northern region enters the preparatory mating period in March and April. The key points of the management of each phase are introduced as follows:

Prepare for mating period.

Conduct a comprehensive inventory of the herds, check the condition of the breeding rats, provide early water supply to the pool, provide grass matting in the foot nest, and increase the temperature in the nest (10-12 degrees Celsius) to promote their oestrus.

Check whether there is a male-female pairing in the nest. For the male and female mice born at the end of estrus last year, irradiate the light bulb 50-60 cm away from the pool cover for several hours at 6: 9 p. M. to promote their estrus. At the same time, give enough concentrate and roughage (mainly fresh poplar and willow branches, and supplement cabbage, carrots and other vegetable fodder) during the breeding period, and do a good job in epidemic prevention. At this time, olaquindox should be mixed and fed twice before and after water supply, in addition, 1 Gongshou flour or malt supplement should be added to every 100 kg concentrate until the breeding period.

Mating period.

In addition to the same management as the previous period, the main purpose of this period is to place branches or green grass on the playground to provide a concealed environment, and to supplement roughage and self-cushion at any time.

During childbirth and lactation.

In this period, in addition to feeding the concentrate during the breeding period, soy milk or cow's or sheep's milk should be mixed according to local conditions to ensure the normal lactation of the offspring and the nutrition needed by the mother to conceive through mating. Feed roughage depends on the season to give enough fresh and tender grass and branches, in addition to ensuring that it has a sufficient amount of fresh and tender roughage to eat, it can also be brought back to the nest to block the mouth of the strict water hole, so as to prevent the young rats from falling into the pool because of blind crawling.

The breeding period.

At 28-30 days after delivery, offspring should be divided into nests in time to facilitate the birth of the second fetus and the mating and conception of the third fetus. Litter-divided offspring should be raised in the same litter and provide sufficient concentrate and palatable roughage. The bath water in the pool should be filled up at any time, so as not to cause the baby rats to crawl home and drown. The offspring can be bred in 3 months after being divided into nests.

2. Feeding and management in summer

The management technology in summer is almost the same as that in spring, but attention should be paid to hygiene and epidemic prevention, disinfection of field areas and tools, and timely prevention and treatment of the disease. During the rainy season, 2 mg quinolinol tablets were given every 10 days. Because muskrat is a herbivore, it should be prohibited to eat antibiotics to avoid digestive system diseases caused by intestinal flora disorder. In summer, the mating, parturition and tending of muskrats can be carried out at the same time. Because muskrats are multi-parity animals, they can accept re-breeding within a few days after delivery. At the same time, they also need to breast-feed their offspring, and may feed their offspring with more than two births. Therefore, the venue must be kept quiet and adequate and clean bath water must be provided.

3. Winter management

The main management in winter is that the heat preservation of flocculent grass should be sufficient, the feeding of feed and vegetables should be timely, and observation should be adhered to. The main approach is to fill the pond with hay and let the muskrats make their own grass holes to live in an orderly way. Feed vegetables should be fed once a day, and their activities should be observed and recorded.

4. Feeding and management in autumn

The management of autumn should prepare enough overwintering feed and store overwintering hay. In addition, the breeding muskrats were selected and matched, and the adult mice from different litters were matched with males and females to enter the overwintering breeding. If the nest is not enough, it can be raised in the same nest through the winter, and the seed selection will be carried out until the preparation of the mating period. Before entering the end of autumn and winter, the pool water should be changed every other day or several days until it freezes.

Muskrat breeding should have market consciousness

Muskrat breeders should enhance market awareness, do not be confused by some illusions, let alone follow the trend. In particular, those who copy seed units sell seeds at low prices and buy at high prices as bait to deceive farmers, do not be fooled. In general, seed copying units have no breeding experience and no breeding technology, and the breeding history is 1-3 years. They just take advantage of the tight market for muskrat products. It is reported that seed copying units sell seeds at low prices and buy them at high prices as bait to deceive many farmers. Raising musk deer rats and how many should be based on the market as a basis for decision-making. When farmers operate muskrat breeding projects, they should hold the idea of normal profits and not profiteering. It is not realistic to get rich overnight, because the net profit is only when the income from cultivation is subtracted from costs and expenses. Under normal circumstances, the economic benefit of raising 100 pairs of muskrats a year is about 100000 yuan. Muskrat breeding and management of muskrat products are originally profitable, so only down-to-earth, hard-working, relying on large-scale breeding to achieve high benefits.

Muskrat culture cost

The economic benefit of musk mouse is very ideal. The monthly breeding cost of each musk rat is less than 4 yuan, and musk can be produced in 5 months, with a total feed cost of 12 yuan per mouse, and the average yield of musk per male rat is 10 Mal. 15 grams, and the young rat can secrete incense when it reaches four months. In the same year, the young female mice can reproduce a newborn mouse, and the male rats produced in that year can produce more than 2 grams, and most of them can get 5 grams of musk. The annual income of each male rat is about 800yuan, the annual income of each female mouse is about 20, and the annual income of each female mouse is about 1600 yuan. A very clear account: according to the lowest figure, the income of raising a pair of muskrats will not be less than 1000 yuan.

Muskrat breeding is relatively simple, a labor force can raise 500, no matter professional farms or ordinary farmers can raise successfully. Because the muskrat also belongs to the rodent family, its immune resistance is very strong, and it is rare to get sick as long as it is prevented in advance in breeding.

The musk market produced by muskrat is also very good. In the international market, the price of musk is as high as 41 US dollars and demand exceeds supply. Muskrat skin is also a tight commodity. Muskrat skin produced in our country only meets 30% of the market and needs a lot of imports. Muskrat breeding in the world in recent years there has been an upsurge, in South Korea, Japan and other countries, the seed price has been sold to 2800 yuan per pair, our domestic has also reached 1200 yuan, and there is an upward trend.

After analyzing so many related problems about the cultivation of muskrats, I believe we all have a certain understanding. Although raising muskrats can have certain benefits, the preparatory work for cultivating muskrats must be done well. Knowing more about muskrats is of great benefit to muskrats.