Large-scale dual-purpose donkey-Dezhou donkey

Dezhou donkey is a good local breed for both carrying and carrying bags in our country. it is famous for its tall body, well-developed muscle, well-proportioned structure, good performance and pure coat color. Its main producing areas are in Dezhou, Huimin and the southern plain of Hebei Province.

1. Characteristics and characteristics the male donkey has a good combination of head, neck and torso, the front body is wide and deep, and the female donkey has a broad body, high head, hypertrophy, straight ears, straight mouth and straight waist. There are two kinds of hair colors: "three powders" and "aconitum". The whole body of the three-powder donkey is pure black, only the hair around the eyes, nose and belly is white (known as pink nose, bright eyes, white belly); the black fur of the black donkey. The utility model has good service performance and is suitable for field transportation, rickshaw pulling and farming.

2. Reproductive performance Dezhou donkey matured earlier and matured at the age of 12-15 months. Male and female donkeys can be bred at the age of 2.5. The female donkey has obvious estrus characteristics, is easy to mate and conceive, and can give birth to about 10 foals in her lifetime. The male donkey has strong sexual desire and good semen quality. Dezhou donkey as an improved breed of donkey in China can be pure breeding, but also can be used to improve various local breeds of donkey. The mule produced by crossing Dezhou donkey as male parent with mares of Inner Mongolia and other local breeds has good quality, endurance to service and long life.

3. The feeding and management of Dezhou donkey has excellent rough forage tolerance. the forage grass is mainly composed of grain grass, corn straw, peanut seedlings and sweet potato vines, supplemented by alfalfa and all kinds of dry and fresh wild plants. The concentrate is mainly corn, bean cake (or peanut cake, cottonseed cake) and wheat bran, and routine feeding is supplemented by 1% of their body weight.

Family house feeding is mainly tethered raising, fixed trough feeding, male and female separate trough feeding, spring, summer and autumn house feeding and grazing feeding, and winter whole house feeding. Feed 4 times every morning, noon, evening and night, mainly with green and coarse fodder, supplemented by mixed concentrate. The coarse material should be chopped into 3mi 4cm long, and the concentrate should be ground, flattened, soaked or roasted to improve palatability and digestibility. Because the donkey's stomach is small, forage grass should be given less and added frequently, and night grass should be fed persistently to ensure enough food; at the same time, donkeys need a lot of digestive juice to eat hay, and adequate and hygienic drinking water and a small amount of salt should be provided.

4. the daily management is mainly the hygiene of the stable and the donkey. Go down the trough after feeding every morning and noon, thoroughly clean the stable house, remove feces and urine, pad with dry sand, keep the house dry, clean and ventilated, prevent the ground from dampness and accumulation of fecal urine, avoid causing foot rot, and maintain ventilation in the house. prevent ammonia from affecting the growth and development of donkeys. Feed trough, material tank, water tank and other appliances should always be kept clean and sanitary, pay attention to disinfection and epidemic prevention. Let the donkey roll freely in the sand before and after the trough, clean or brush the skin regularly to keep the skin clean and hygienic and prevent skin diseases. Protect the hoof once every 3 months (including cleaning and trimming the hoof and hanging the palm).