Experts on how to raise long-haired rabbits talk about techniques in detail.

"Hey! My family has raised long-haired rabbits for two years, but they are always not as good as other people's rabbits. I do not know if this is a matter of enclosure, or is it a matter of breed and epidemic prevention? I never found that reason. Please help me find an expert to say. " On June 16, Song Tianzhi, a villager of Gaota Village, Gaota Township, Nanjiang County, said to the reporter with a worried face. To this end, the reporter interviewed Song Junping, a senior animal husbandry worker in Nanjiang County Animal Husbandry Bureau, and asked him to explain carefully how to raise long-haired rabbits.

Reasonable establishment of circle

Long-haired rabbits have life habits such as timidity, cold resistance, heat resistance, weariness and dryness, so the rabbit house must be built in a sunny, warm winter and cool summer, adequate light, good ventilation, fresh air, dry and quiet place.

When the enclosure is built or renovated in front and back of the house and the pig and cattle pen, single-row, double-row and multi-row enclosures should be built according to the amount of feeding.

Single row type: the span is about 2.5 meters, the walkway is 1.2 meters, and the ditch is 0.8 meters. The area of rabbit cage accounts for about 30% of the total area of rabbit house.

Double row: the rabbit cage is divided into "face-to-face" or "back-to-back". The rabbit cage is arranged "face-to-face", with 1.2 meters in the middle and 0.8 meters in the dung ditch on both sides, accounting for 52% of the total area of the rabbit house; the "back-to-back" arrangement of the rabbit cage is 1.2 meters on both sides of the rabbit cage and 1 meter in the middle. The area of the rabbit cage accounts for 32% of the total area of the rabbit house.

Multi-row: take four rows as an example, there are 3 1.2-meter walkways and 2 1-meter dung ditches, with a span of 8 meters, and the area of rabbit cages accounts for 60% of the total area of rabbit houses.

The rabbit cage adopts a combination of brick-wood structure, cement structure and iron structure, with a length of 65 cm, a depth of 55 cm and a height of 45 cm.

Select variety

The selection of excellent varieties is a prerequisite for good benefits, and must be introduced to qualified regular rabbit breeding farms. At the same time, in the process of feeding, breeding rabbits with strong physique, plump coat, abundant foot hair, strong disease resistance, fast long hair, good hair quality and stable genetic performance should be selected for self-breeding, and high-yield seedling rabbits should be selected for trial rearing, and the best individuals should be selected for breeding. In this way, it is constantly updated to achieve high yield and improved breeding of breeding rabbits.

Feeding and management

General feeding management: the way of cage breeding is adopted, that is, according to the production of one cage of rabbits, one litter of young rabbits, the young rabbits are gradually divided into cages, and the breeding rabbits are raised separately by male and female. In general, three times a day, that is, 1/3 of the diet (concentrate and grass) in the morning, 2/3 of the diet in the evening, forage at about 10:00 at night, at least 200 grams of fresh grass or succulent feed every day, feeding water on time every day, feeding the rabbits, cleaning, removing feces, and carrying out preventive disinfection once a week.

Feeding and management techniques of different age groups:

Baby rabbits: feed good breast milk (especially breast milk promotion) and pay attention to heat preservation and cleaning.

Young rabbits: reared in groups according to their physical strength, mainly young grass, and gradually increase the amount of feed.

Production rabbits: in addition to normal feeding, pay attention to the addition of protein, minerals, vitamins and amino acids (especially sulfur-containing amino acids) in the diet, so as to increase wool yield.

Female rabbits: the production of female rabbits requires good motherhood and strong lactation, with more than 4 pairs of nipples. When the female rabbit is black and purple in the vulva, the conception rate is high and the breeding is repeated once at intervals of 6-7 hours. Pregnant female rabbits should ensure adequate nutrition, it is strictly forbidden to depilate in the middle and later stages of pregnancy, and feed more light salt water and succulent green feed after delivery. In addition to normal feeding, lactating female rabbits were supplemented with 20-30 boiled soybeans a day to increase milk production.

Male rabbits: can mate 1-2 times a day, two consecutive days, rest a day, during the breeding period to supplement protein, vitamin A, B and mineral feed, the light should not be too strong. The suitable male-female ratio is 1:5.

There is a plan to plant high-quality forage grass: alfalfa and bitter grass are mainly planted in spring, annual ryegrass is planted in autumn, and 1 mu is recommended for every 100 rabbits.

Epidemic disease prevention

After each shearing in spring, summer and autumn, it is necessary to use the highly efficient and low toxic "Chong Kexing" produced by Beijing Agricultural University, also known as avermectin, to inject 0.15 × 0.2 ml per rabbit to prevent the occurrence of rabbit acariasis, and at the same time improve the wool yield and quality of rabbits.

We should do a good job in vaccination against rabbit plague, Pasteurella multocida and other diseases three times a year. At 40-45 days after birth, rabbits were first injected with rabbit plague vaccine of 2 ml per rabbit, and enhanced immunization was given once at 60-65 days, 2 ml per rabbit with the same vaccine, and then once every four months. At the same time, it is necessary to do a good job in sanitary disinfection and deworming on a regular basis, and strictly do a good job in the elimination of rats and other safety work, so as to ensure that long-haired rabbits have a good growing environment.