High morbidity and mortality of young rabbits in summer how to make young rabbits pass through summer safely

High temperature and humidity in summer, a variety of bacteria and parasites breed, rabbits are prone to heatstroke, poisoning and infection of various gastrointestinal diseases, especially the greatest threat to young rabbits, the mortality is quite high. Therefore, strengthen the management to ensure the safety of young rabbits over the summer.

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Heat dissipation and temperature control. In order to prevent direct sunlight, melon beans, grapes, pumpkins and other vines can be planted around the rabbit house, or a layer of lime paste can be applied to the walls inside and outside the rabbit house; open doors and windows to let the air convection; rabbit cage not too crowded; room temperature over 30 ℃, sprinkling cold water every 2 to 3 hours, or you can use a new brick to soak in cold water and put it into the rabbit cage after absorbing enough water (no longer bubbling) to cool down.

Skillfully adjust the feed. In summer, feed more green and succulent feed, appropriately increase the concentrate rich in protein, and feed less high-energy feed as much as possible; in order to prevent diarrhea in young rabbits, feed some high-quality dried grass and provide sufficient clean cold water (preferably 1% 2% salt. Supplement salt), let it eat and drink freely. In the feeding mode, due to the hot summer, young rabbits lie motionless during the day, feeding and activities at night, we should follow the principle of "breakfast is early, lunch is less, dinner is full, and feed more grass at night", so as to increase the feed intake of young rabbits and promote their growth and development.

Fine feed the young rabbits. It is difficult to raise young rabbits in summer, so it is necessary to let young rabbits eat colostrum as soon as possible. The litter size of young rabbits should be adjusted in time, generally 6-8 litters per litter. Young rabbits should be given 0.5% licorice water in time after eating, adding 10 grams of brown sugar, 10 grams of glucose, 0.5 grams of compound dimethazine and 0.5 grams of trimethoprim for every 100 milliliters of licorice water, twice a day and 5 milliliters each. Pay attention to cooling and mosquito prevention, prevent natural enemies such as dogs and cats from harming young rabbits, and bedding grass should be kept clean and dry.

"Wujing" is free from disease. Caojing: green fodder should be clean, pick out rope, plastic film and other foreign bodies, wash and drain, dry and then feed. When cutting grass to feed rabbits, do not want all plants that do not know or suspect poisonous plants. Grass with mud, rotten grass, Rain Water, dew grass, pesticide-sprayed grass firmly do not feed. Clean feed: do a good job of keeping the feed in summer, and the concentrate feed of young rabbits is free of sand, gravel, mildew and pollution. Clean: the rabbit house should be cool, ventilated, fresh, dry and clean. The house should be nailed to screen windows and regularly sprayed with mosquitoes and flies. Feces are cleaned and fermented every day, and air spray disinfection is carried out once a week in the rabbit house with rabbits. Disinfectants should choose broad-spectrum, high-efficiency and low-toxic drugs such as Baidu, etc. Trough clean: the trough should be kept clean, remove the residual forage in time, and now feed the fresh wet mixing powder to prevent rabbits from getting sick from eating the moldy feed accumulated in the trough. Clean water: the drinking water should be clean and fresh, and the basin should be scrubbed every day. If it is found that the drinking water is contaminated by rabbit dung and feed, it should be replaced immediately. Hot weather can also add 1% Mel 2% salt to the water, which not only replenishes the salt consumed by young rabbits, but also helps to cool down and prevent heat.

Strictly guard against epidemic diseases. Hot and humid in summer, young rabbits are prone to infectious diseases and coccidiosis. Chopped plantain, dandelion, spring onion and garlic can be added to the feed, so that each rabbit can take 2 tablets of Dianjing and chlorophenylguanidine every day for two weeks and stop feeding for one week. Feed the young rabbits with Xiaoer an, oxytetracycline powder and Rendan, and often feed some mung bean soup, patchouli water and so on to prevent rabbit heatstroke.