How to improve the Survival rate of Young Rabbits by raising Rabbits

Young rabbits refer to rabbits from weaning to 3 months old. In the production of raising rabbits, young rabbits are the most difficult to raise and the survival rate is the lowest. The main reasons are:

The main contents are as follows: 1. Higher requirements for environmental conditions. The young rabbit stage is the period of the fastest weight gain in the rabbit's life. Under good feeding conditions, the daily gain can reach 30ml 45g, and the high one can reach more than 50g.

2. Higher requirements for feed and feeding system. Because of the rapid growth and development of young rabbits, they must eat a large amount of feed. At this time, the rabbit gastrointestinal volume is small, digestion is weak, but exuberant appetite, often due to gluttony and lead to overweight gastrointestinal burden, resulting in indigestion.

3. The adaptability to the environment is poor. The neuroregulatory function of young rabbits is not perfect, once frightened, it is easy to cause shock, affect feeding, digestion and excretion, hinder growth and development, and even induce disease in serious cases.

4. There are many stress factors. From young rabbit to young rabbit, the environment will change greatly, such as weaning, feed change, cage change, partner change, vaccine injection, drug prevention, ear prick and so on. These numerous stress factors often lead to the decline of disease resistance of young rabbits.

5. it is easy to cause a variety of diseases. The most serious are coccidiosis, colibacillosis, pasteurellosis, rabbit plague and so on. Once the epidemic prevention work is negligent, infectious diseases will easily break out, and some will even cause the whole population to be destroyed, resulting in serious losses.

Four key points should be taken to improve the survival rate of young rabbits:

1. Weaning. The mortality of young rabbits was the highest within 3 weeks after weaning, and the transition period within 2 weeks was the key. The development of young rabbits during lactation is the basis of whether they can be weaned smoothly and survive the transition period safely. In practice, it is found that the greater the body weight during weaning, the higher the survival rate. Therefore, it is very important to increase the weaning weight. In addition to strengthening the nutrition of female rabbits during lactation and increasing milk yield, feed should be fed as early as possible so that their stomach and intestines can be exercised in the early stage, which can not only increase the weaning weight, but also lay a foundation for the adaptation of gastrointestinal tract to plant feed after weaning.

Within two weeks after weaning, feed the young rabbit before weaning, and then gradually transition to the young rabbit feed. Otherwise, suddenly change the material, easy to suffer from digestive system diseases.

After weaning, it is best to take the method of moving the mother and keeping the baby, that is, the original cage and the original nest together. If you need to change the cage position, the same litter of young rabbits can not be separated. At this time, one rabbit must not be raised alone, otherwise it will cause a sense of loneliness and fear.

2. Feed off. More than 50% of the deaths of young rabbits are caused by abnormalities in the digestive system, so keeping a good feed is the key to preventing digestive system diseases.

Young rabbits grow and develop rapidly and eat more food, but their digestibility, especially for crude fiber, is weak. Therefore, the feed of young rabbits should be rich in nutrition, easy to digest, small in size, good in palatability and high in energy and protein. However, the higher the nutritional content, the better. Feeding with a large number of concentrate feed (high energy, high protein, low fiber) is easy to cause diarrhea and enteritis. A certain amount of roughage plays an important role in regulating the function of digestive system, and the dietary crude fiber content of young rabbits is about 12%. In order to promote the growth and development of young rabbits, appropriate amounts of vitamins, trace elements, amino acids, enzymes and antibiotics should be added to the mixture.

Young rabbits have a strong appetite and are prone to gluttony. Feed regularly and regularly, and feed less frequently. It is appropriate to feed 4MUE 5 times a day. Generally, mixed concentrate and green feed are fed twice a day and 3 times a day. The feed must be clean, the green feed must be fresh and tender, and the grass with soil must be washed and dried before feeding. The amount of feed should gradually increase with the increase of age and body weight, and the feed should not be suddenly increased or changed to maintain the relative stability of the feed, otherwise, young rabbits will easily suffer from digestive tract disease or cause death. Do not only feed green feed and succulent feed, otherwise it will affect the development of young rabbits and easily form grass belly.

3. The environment is closed. Young rabbits are delicate and sensitive to environmental changes, so they should be provided with a quiet, hygienic, dry, ventilated, warm and moderate density environment. To prevent shock, moisture, wind and cold, heat, air pollution.

4. Epidemic prevention clearance. Young rabbits are easy to cause a variety of infectious diseases, so it is very important to do a good job of epidemic prevention. Environmental disinfection, drug prevention, vaccination and strengthening feeding management should be combined. In addition to the rabbit plague vaccine, Pasteurella multocida, Bordetella and Clostridium welchii should also be injected. Spring and autumn should also prevent stomatitis, pneumonia and colds, focus on the prevention of coccidiosis in summer, and prevent enteritis in the four seasons. Onions and garlic are often added to the feed to prevent disease and promote the growth of young rabbits.

In addition, adequate and clean drinking water should be provided in the feeding and management of young rabbits. In general, drinking water should be provided once a day in winter and twice a day in other seasons. When the temperature is high, clean water should be kept continuously and drinking water should be changed frequently. It is best to maintain 2 Mel 3 hours of outdoor exercise time every day to promote digestion, increase appetite, promote calcium and phosphorus absorption, and improve disease resistance of young rabbits.