Fine management is very important in the critical period of rabbit growth and development.

rabbit breeding

Autumn is rabbit breeding, pregnancy, farrowing stage, but also molting period, is the rabbit growth and development and fur formation is a very critical period, farmers should strengthen management, scientific feeding, and regular observation of rabbits, in order to ensure the healthy growth of rabbits.

I. Strengthening management

The appetite of autumn rabbits is generally better, and the food intake increases. Adult rabbits need to gain fat and shed hair, continue to grow and develop body shape; breeding female rabbits should be pregnant and give birth; breeding male rabbits should improve their breeding ability; born young rabbits and newly separated young rabbits should be scientifically raised and managed.

For breeding rabbits, concentrate should be added to improve nutrition, so as to consolidate breeding, pregnancy, farrowing and normal lactation, so that the young rabbits born are healthy and well developed.

For newly separated young rabbits, because of their eating more, gluttony, rapid growth and development, after weaning adaptation period, their growth and development is at its peak, and it is the first age molting after birth, so it is necessary to feed high-quality forage grass and high-nutrition concentrate, but the digestive system function of young rabbits is poor, disease resistance is poor, and adaptation to the environment is poor. At this time, special attention should be paid to the feeding management of young rabbits. According to the age of the month, the feeding times and feeding amount should be reasonably arranged. The feed should be rich in nutrients, easy to digest and absorb, small in volume and good in palatability, so as to avoid abdominal distension and diarrhea caused by gluttony of young rabbits. The coarse feed should be mainly high-quality grass, while the concentrate should be wheat bran, corn, sorghum, soybean meal, peanut meal, etc., and a small amount of fish meal or meat and bone meal can be added. Appropriate amount of onion, garlic and sulfa synergist can be added to prevent gastroenteritis and coccidiosis and reduce casualty rate. In addition, reasonable litter division and differential feeding are also management points that cannot be ignored. When young rabbits are divided into litters, they should be divided into litters according to the specific conditions of male and female, month age, physical strength, activity amount, feeding speed, etc., and personalized feeding management should be carried out to facilitate the growth and development of each young rabbit.

II. Scientific feeding

Autumn temperature difference is big, sunny day temperature is high, rainy day cool breeze attacks, temperature will plummet, very easy to cause rabbit group respiratory tract and digestive system disease, make rabbit suffer from cold, diarrhea diarrhea and other diseases, thus pollute back hair, cage, appetite decline, physique emaciation, affect growth. Therefore, it is necessary to adjust the feed and put an end to the disease from the mouth.

Never feed wet grass, dew grass, grass with soil and not fresh, grass, leaves, vegetable leaves, moldy new corn, damp and deteriorated grain feed, etc., when the weather gets cold, reduce the amount of drinking water and feed less juicy grass with more moisture.

In order to prevent diarrhea in rabbits, in feeding concentrate, may be appropriate to feed some charcoal powder, garlic, onion or leek.

III. Regular observation

There is much rain and abundant forage grass in autumn this year, which provides favorable conditions for rabbit breeding, but autumn rain is more and the weather is changeable, which is an unfavorable factor for rabbit breeding. Farmers should take countermeasures according to the characteristics of autumn this year.

1. Keep the rabbit farm clean, dry, ventilated, pay attention to rain, prevent cold wind disturbance. Farmers should insist on cleaning the feces on the ground every day, and sprinkle a layer of dry soil or plant ash, slag ash, quicklime, etc. to absorb moisture and disinfect them. Every 3-4 days, spray the ground and the surrounding environment of rabbit farm with 5% Lysol aqueous solution. After washing utensils such as food boxes and drinking basins, disinfect them with 1% potassium permanganate aqueous solution. Cage nets, rabbit houses and grass feeding racks should be sterilized with alcohol gun flame to prevent coccidiosis and infectious diseases.

2. Observe the rabbit herd regularly and find problems. Do eye diligence, hand diligence, brain diligence, do early prevention, early detection, early treatment. Specifically, it is necessary to check the body surface changes of rabbits and correctly grasp the state differences between healthy rabbits and sick rabbits, which are manifested in good spirit, changes in mouth and nose, how much food is eaten, whether feces are normal, whether the fur is bright and tidy, etc. For example, healthy rabbits with normal growth have good physical development, oily and shiny fur, sensitive activities, bright eyes, upright ruddy ears, clean ear shells, good appetite, fast eating, consistent fecal ball size, dry black or gray black. There's no dirt on the anus. Where there are abnormalities in the body surface, we should pay close attention to the diagnosis and symptomatic treatment in time. Some farmers due to negligence, when the group of rabbits only aware of the disease, the results caught off guard, heavy losses, to take warning.