Economic value and characteristics of hedgehog culture

Hedgehog is a kind of precious economic animal for both medicine and meat, alias prickle group, hedgehog rat, stealing melon badger, burr and so on. Hedgehog not only has delicate meat and rich nutrition, but also has unique medicinal efficacy, which is deeply loved by people and in great demand, while the wild resources are sharply reduced and the supply of hedgehog is insufficient, which leads to the contradiction between supply and demand in the market, so artificial breeding of hedgehog needs to be developed urgently.

The economic value of hedgehog breeding is mainly reflected in the following four aspects:

1. Provide meat. Hedgehog meat is a first-class game delicacy with high protein content and low cholesterol content, with strong nourishing function and many ways to eat. Because hedgehogs reproduce quickly and produce more meat, the development of hedgehog breeding is of great significance to enrich the "vegetable basket" of the residents. With the improvement of the living standards of residents in coastal open areas and inland large and medium-sized cities, the demand for game is increasing, hedgehogs are hunted and killed in the Yangtze River basin, the number is extremely rare, overfishing in the northern region is increasing year by year, and wild resources are becoming more and more scarce. it is estimated that wild hedgehogs will be difficult to see around 2010.

2. Provide industrial raw materials. Hedgehogs are covered with treasures, and hedgehog skin is a valuable traditional Chinese medicine, which has the effects of reducing qi and analgesia, vomiting in the stomach, stopping bleeding and dispelling leakage. Hedgehog's brain, heart, liver, gallbladder, kidney and fat can be used as medicine. Hedgehog meat can also be deeply processed, such as cut meat, convenience food, canned products, tourism food and so on, with great potential for development.

3. Develop economic export to earn foreign exchange. Raising hedgehogs will become an important part of special aquaculture, which can not only meet the market and drive one-party economy, but also export and export to earn foreign exchange.

4. For viewing, it can increase the consumption of consumer goods in the spiritual field.

Characteristics of hedgehog culture:

Production scale: 10000 commodity hedgehogs are designed every year, about 2000 hedgehogs need to be introduced and bred, half male and half female, because hedgehogs are in estrus twice a year, about 5 per fetus, 8 more, as long as the food supply is adequate and managed properly, it can reproduce twice a year, and the production scale can reach 10000. The hedgehog matured sexually at the age of 3 years old, mostly sleeping in March, mating in estrus in April, and the pregnancy period was about 60 days. The survival rate of cubs is almost 100%.