How to manage rabbits in autumn

The past few days have officially entered September, representing the gradual entry into autumn. Raising rabbits is very common in our country, and it is the key to manage rabbit breeding in autumn. Because it can determine the number of breeding rabbits, autumn is very important for rabbit production. So we should pay attention to the feeding and management of rabbits in autumn, so how to raise and manage these cute rabbits in autumn? Let's take a look at it.

1. Stay strong and remove the weak

Autumn is a critical period for rabbit production, when rabbits with strong growth and production capacity, certain fecundity and fast growth rate should be reserved for breeding. Eliminate some weak, often sick and weak production capacity of rabbits, to maintain or further enhance the reproductive capacity of rabbits.

2. Increase nutrition

Autumn is the hair changing stage of rabbits, and the appetite of rabbits will decrease during the changing season, and they do not have enough nutrition, so they should be supplemented with appropriate amounts of sulfur amino acids in autumn. Then add nutrients to the feed, such as crude protein and so on. Increase the feed with high protein content, improve nutrition and promote growth.

3. Strengthen the lighting

The light time in autumn will be much shorter than that in summer, insufficient light will affect the reproductive hormone secretion of female rabbits, and the ovaries can not secrete normally. Reduce the estrus rate and pregnancy rate of the female rabbit, so it is necessary to supplement the light time of the rabbit in autumn to avoid affecting the production performance of the female rabbit. Rabbits need no less than 14 hours of light a day.

4. Female rabbit breeding

Although the male rabbit has high libido in autumn, the semen is of good quality and has sufficient vitality. However, the oestrus of female rabbits is obviously not as frequent as that of male rabbits, so it is necessary to carry out artificial breeding for female rabbits. The method of double breeding can be used to improve the pregnancy rate of female rabbits. Double breeding is to use two different male rabbits to breed the same female rabbit.

5. Touch the fetus in time

After mating, most female rabbits will conceive successfully, but there will still be the phenomenon of empty pregnancy, so it is necessary to touch the fetus in time about half a month after mating. Grasp the female rabbit's ear, gently touch the belly, the belly is a little round and elastic to prove the success of pregnancy, if not in time for the empty female rabbit to make up work.

6. Timely deworming

Autumn is the last active period of all kinds of parasites. Deworming can not only promote the growth and development of rabbits, but also reduce the amount of feed. So in the autumn, abamectin and other agents can be used to deworm rabbits.

7. Prevention and treatment of diseases

Autumn is also a period of high incidence of various diseases. Rabbit plague, Clostridium welchii and other diseases mainly occur in autumn, mainly for prevention. So rabbits are required to be vaccinated to prevent disease in the autumn. Diseased rabbits should be isolated in time, the rabbit house should be thoroughly disinfected, and the diseased rabbits should be carefully examined and then treated with symptoms.

The above seven points are the ways to manage rabbits in the fall, and they are also areas that need our attention. The rabbit's body is relatively weak, so it must be carefully taken care of, otherwise the mortality rate is extremely high, which will have a great impact on the economic interests of farmers. It's also important to note that. There is no fresh forage in autumn, so it is necessary to prepare the forage needed by the rabbit before autumn, and to prevent the forage from going bad, so that the rabbit can get sick by eating by mistake.