Feeding Management of Angora Rabbits in Summer

Cool down and prevent summer heat

(a) the shady and ventilated rabbit house should not allow sunlight to shine directly on the rabbit cage. It is necessary to build an Arbor. The doors and windows of the rabbit house should be spacious. Skylights, ventilation windows or ventilation fans should be provided to ensure ventilation in the rabbit house. Pay attention to daylighting, ventilation and moistureproof.

(2) reducing the feeding density and evacuating the feeding can reduce the heat source per unit space. In the multi-layer rabbit cage, the temperature difference between the upper layer and the lower layer is very large, and the closer to the ground, the lower the temperature. Therefore, breeding male rabbits and pregnant female rabbits should be placed in the lower layer as far as possible in summer days. When the temperature in the rabbit house exceeds 30 ℃, you can pour some cold water on the ground or place ice cubes to cool down.

(3) to reasonably and appropriately shorten the wool-raising period, the hair of the rabbit should be cut once before the arrival of the summer, and the summer hair-raising period should be controlled at about 50 days. Should be cut rather than pulled out, and should be the head, ear hair, foot hair all cut clean, in order to facilitate the body heat dissipation. Once there are symptoms of heat stroke, such as drooling, exophthalmos, paralysis, coma, limb convulsions, etc., immediately move the diseased rabbits to a shady place, take light salt water, at the same time, pour cold water or cover with cold towels, and bleed at the tip of the ear, tail and toes.

Second, careful feeding

(1) advocating early feeding and late feeding the temperature during the day is higher in summer, and the appetite of rabbits is very poor or even abandoned, but the temperature in the morning and evening is cooler and the appetite is relatively exuberant. Therefore, in the management also according to this law of feeding, drinking water and so on. It is best to feed more palatable green succulent feed and provide enough clean drinking water. 1% Muhami 2% salt can be added to drinking water to supplement salt consumption in the body, or antibiotics or 0.01% Murray 0.02% dilute iodine solution can be added to reduce the occurrence of enteritis or coccidiosis.

(2) it is best to use well water to soak, cool down and feed the forage grass properly. Green materials with high water content should be properly cool and dry. Never feed frost water plants, grass that is wet by rain or mud, or grass that is moldy or contaminated by pesticides. Wet powder should be fed less frequently to prevent rancidity. Concentrate is placed in a dry and ventilated place, and the content of protein in concentrate is appropriately increased. Should often add some garlic, leek, green onions and other germicidal feed, young rabbits can also add wood toner and antibiotics to reduce or avoid the occurrence of gastroenteritis.

Third, do a good job in hygiene and disinfection

Summer temperature is on the high side, feces and urine are easy to ferment, mosquitoes and flies are born, parasites and bacteria propagate quickly, and it is easy to cause the epidemic of all kinds of rabbit diseases. In addition to cleaning the rabbit cage every day, it should be disinfected regularly. The disinfectant can use 2% Murray 3% caustic soda or 3% Murray 5% Lysol solution or 10% ammonia solution and so on. Fire alkali can also be used to disinfect when serious infectious diseases occur. In addition to washing frequently, the trough and drinking water should be exposed to the sun at least once a week or soaked in 1/1000 potassium permanganate solution. When the ground is wet, plant ash, quicklime, furnace ash or dry sand can be sprinkled to absorb moisture, so that the relative humidity in the house can be kept at 50%, 60%. The area around the rabbit house can be regularly sprayed with 0.2% Murray 0.5% dichlorvos solution. In addition, when eliminating mosquitoes and flies in the rabbit house, it is necessary to prevent rabbit poisoning.