Common diseases of Rex rabbits and their control methods

Rex rabbit is the main farmed rabbit species on the market, it grows rapidly and is easy to manage, and its hair is soft and glossy, so it is a natural fur raw material, and now Rex rabbit fur is very popular in the market, and the economic benefit is remarkable. Spring and summer is its high incidence of disease season, a variety of diseases and insect pests caused huge losses to many farmers, the following pro-agricultural network to bring you Rex rabbit common pest control methods.

1. Rabbit plague

Rabbit plague is a viral and acute infectious disease, once the disease will quickly infect the whole rabbit house, the Rex rabbit will suddenly have fever, shortness of breath, and finally septic disease and death. Its incubation period is very short, the attack is rapid, the mortality rate is extremely high, often many novice farmers are still hesitating, in order to cause a large number of Rex rabbit deaths. It has a wide range of transmission routes, and there is no specific treatment at the time of onset, so it is the most harmful disease.

Prevention and treatment methods: rabbit plague is mainly prevented in the early stage, pay attention to the dry and hygienic environment, clean up and disinfect regularly to prevent the breeding of bacteria, and then vaccinate the rabbits regularly to persist in self-propagation and self-cultivation to prevent the introduction of disease sources.

2. Rabbit pasteurellosis

Rabbit pasteurellosis is also a common infectious disease, which is accompanied by other inflammatory attacks, such as rhinitis, pneumonia, septicemia, otitis and conjunctivitis.

Prevention and treatment methods: prevention is also the main method of prevention, strengthening the management of sanitary environment, regular quarantine and disinfection, regular vaccination, and penicillin or sulfonamides can be used to treat the disease.

3. Coccidiosis

Coccidiosis mainly occurs in high-temperature and humid environment, mainly harms young rabbits, the disease often causes a large number of young rabbits to die, Rex rabbits suddenly fall to the ground, limbs spasm and convulsions, but also cause diarrhea, and die quickly, adult rabbits have strong resistance, so there are no obvious symptoms, we should pay attention to the prevention and treatment of young rabbits.

Prevention and treatment methods: strengthen the management of young rabbits, add anti-coccidial drugs to feed, pay attention to separation from adult rabbits, prevent parasites from adult rabbits to spread to young rabbits, and disinfect the breasts of female rabbits when feeding.

The above are the common diseases and control methods of the Rex rabbit brought by the pro-agricultural network for you. After watching it, we hope to help the friends who are raising or want to breed, more relevant breeding knowledge, please pay attention to the pro-agricultural network.