How to raise long-haired male rabbits well

The feeding and management of long-haired male rabbits is closely related to the mating effect and semen quality, and also directly affects the conception, litter and vitality of female rabbits. The influence of breeding male rabbit on offspring is greater than that of female rabbit. Therefore, doing well the feeding and management of breeding male rabbit plays an important role in improving the economic benefit of breeding rabbit.

(1) the cage of the male rabbit is larger because the male rabbit is larger than the female rabbit, and its activity performance is also stronger than the female rabbit, so the rabbit cage is required to be relatively larger. Generally speaking, for German long-haired rabbits, the rabbit cage is generally required to be 75 cm wide, 65 cm long and 40 cm high.

(2) High nutritional requirements for feed according to the data of raising German long-haired rabbits Examples of pellet feed formula can be made from the following 15 raw materials: soybean 10.2%, wheat bran 4.7%, green grass powder 28.85%, wheat 10%, syrup 1.52%, corn 6%, beer dregs 1%, malt 19%, pomegranate base 2.5%, tuber residue 7%, salt 0.5%, methionine 0.4%, meat powder 7.1%, soybean oil 0.53%, trace elements 0.7%. It can be shown from the above formula that German long-haired rabbits have relatively high requirements for nutrition, so the feed conditions for raising purebred German long-haired male rabbits should meet their needs. This is an important measure to ensure the growth and reproduction of male rabbits and improve production performance.

(3) the amount of drinking water is larger than that of the local rabbit Gaode long-haired rabbit, which is generally 250 ml per day and 300 ml in summer, which is as high as 70% higher than that of the local rabbit. if the amount of drinking water is insufficient, it will affect its food intake. it will also lead to a decline in the production performance of long-haired rabbits.

(4) attention should be paid to the feeding and management of the non-mating period, the non-mating period of the male rabbit should be given to the diet, and the male rabbit should be given a medium nutrition level, and the male rabbit should be kept in a strong constitution that is not fat or thin. In this period, we should pay attention to the content of protein and vitamin An and E in the feed, not less than 100 grams of concentrate and 1 kilogram of green fodder per day. In winter, male rabbits should be properly fed with some germinated feed such as barley malt. this is because there is vitamin E in germinated barley, which can help to improve and improve the semen quality of male rabbits.

(5) during the breeding period, carefully raising male rabbits during the breeding period requires that the protein in the feed be 15% to 17%. If the protein is insufficient, when there are too many carbohydrates in the feed, it will lead to low ejaculation of male rabbits, low sperm density and poor motility. For this reason, soybeans and bean cakes can be added to the feed, and animal feed must be added, such as fish meal, pupa meal, eggs, etc., which can obviously enhance the sperm motility and improve the fertilization rate. At the same time, we should also pay attention to the appropriate addition of a certain amount of minerals, if the lack of minerals, will lead to pathological changes in the gonads of male rabbits, resulting in sperm hypoplasia and poor motility.

(6) scientifically master the mating time and frequency of breeding male rabbits, generally at the age of 7 ~ 8 months, and the first breeding is carried out when the body weight is more than 3.75kg, young rabbits are mated once a day, adult rabbits are mated twice a day (once in the morning and evening), and male rabbits are allowed to rest for one day every 2 days. Too few mating times will also cause the decrease of sexual reflex function of breeding male rabbits and affect the breeding ability of male rabbits. generally, each male rabbit can be fixed with 8 or 10 female rabbits. After the male rabbit enters the breeding period for a period of time, there will be a decrease in libido and semen quality, indicating that the male rabbit needs rest, nutrition should be strengthened, and attention should be paid to the future breeding system.

(7) to do a good job in feeding and management according to the requirements of different breeding seasons, generally speaking, breeding in spring is the best, male rabbits have strong sexual desire, good semen quality and high conception rate after mating. As the temperature is high in summer, we should pay attention to keeping the male rabbit in a cool place, otherwise it will affect the conception rate, especially the purebred German long-haired male rabbit, which originally grew in cold areas with dense hair, underdeveloped sweat glands and poor body surface cooling performance. If the temperature reaches above 35 degrees, it will lead to faster breathing of male rabbits, refuse to feed, and some even die because they do not adapt, so special attention should be paid to the feeding and management of male rabbits in summer. In autumn, male rabbits generally have to change their hair in autumn, so it is necessary to improve the diet and promote hair change, otherwise the male rabbit's libido is not strong and the semen quality is poor. Enter the winter, due to the lack of green feed in winter, so in this period should pay attention to supplement the feed containing vitamins, such as carrots, malt and so on. At the same time, it is necessary to master the various factors related to breeding, so that the breeding male rabbits can complete the breeding task in time in different seasons.

(8) after the breeding of male rabbits should be recorded in time, the breeding registration form should be filled out immediately, and the semen quality inspection should be done, so as to facilitate the timely discovery of male rabbits with good production performance and further strengthen breeding and management. so that the production performance of male rabbits can be brought into full play, so as to obtain a large number of excellent individual offspring.