Prospect and benefit Analysis of Porcupine breeding

Porcupine, also known as arrow pig, thorn pig, is a kind of rare animal with high economic value, is a national third-class protected animal, and is now on the verge of extinction.

Because of the delicate meat and delicious taste, it is deeply loved by people. Over the years, known as Shanzhen, it is also a rare pure green food.

Especially since SARS, many wild animals have been driven off the table as taboos.

As the Shanzhen game of this genus, porcupine has become a delicacy and is favored by consumers, and its price is getting higher and higher.

At the same time, porcupine also has high medicinal value. Meat, brain, fatty oil, heart, liver, gallbladder, stomach and arrow thorns can be used as medicine.

It has the effects of reducing blood pressure, relieving pain, promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, dispelling wind, dredging collaterals, etc., mainly for the treatment of stomach, hemorrhoids and fistulas, malignant sores, cardiovascular sclerosis, leukemia, rheumatism and other diseases. In addition to medicinal uses, porcupine is also an advanced raw material for making buoys and decorations.

Under the condition of artificial breeding, porcupine has the characteristics of fast growth, strong disease resistance, resistance to rough feeding, wide adaptability, good market prospect and considerable economic benefits.

Moreover, artificial breeding porcupine can not only effectively protect the survival, reproduction and ecological balance of wild animals, but also bring greater economic benefits to farmers, but also meet the needs of people's life, which is a project supported by governments and functional departments at all levels.

Porcupine is an omnivorous nocturnal animal with more lying and less activity during the day and frequent activities at night. Artificial feeding is mainly farm feed, mainly dried sweet potatoes, corn, pumpkins, soybeans, radishes, and other vegetables and weeds.

The general individual weight of porcupine is 15 kg, and the maximum individual weight is about 20 kg. The lean meat rate of porcupine is very high, almost 100%. Under the condition of artificial feeding, the growth rate is fast, and the body weight can reach about 13 kg in eight months.

The porcupine can reach sexual maturity in eight months, the gestation period is about four months, and reproduction is not restricted by the season, but the peak period of reproduction is from December of each year to June of the second year, which naturally gives birth to 1 litter per year and 1 litter per year. Artificial breeding through technical treatment, 2 pups per year and 2 litters per year.

Farmers can be introduced all the year round. The artificial breeding of porcupine is the best and easy to manage. The cage construction facility is very simple, the investment is small, the feeding density is 1 / m ~ 2 / m ~ 2, all of them are fed with raw material, and the work intensity of artificial breeding of porcupine is light. generally, it can raise 400,500 porcupine per year.

The economic benefit of artificial breeding porcupine is obvious. At present, the market price is 120,160 yuan / kg, and the annual production cost of raising a porcupine is only about 250yuan. For example, according to the growth rate of porcupine for eight months, the body weight is 15kg, and the market price is 120yuan / kg. A commercial porcupine can make a profit of 1550 yuan, such as raising a female porcupine.