How do rabbits catch a cold?

The common disease of breeding rabbits is a cold, not only common colds, but also rabbits. Although a rabbit cold is not a serious disease, it will spread into a serious disease if it is not treated, and the serious development of the disease is also life-dangerous. what's more, these colds are the most contagious, a large area of illness, affecting growth, and if pregnant rabbits catch a cold, it will affect fetal development. So what about the rabbit cold, how to treat it, and what preventive measures should be taken? next, let's take a look at it together.

1. Causes of colds

Poor air quality, cold shearing time, sudden low temperature, excessive ventilation at night, no heating in winter, dampness in summer, total wind heat and wind cold are the main causes of colds. Not doing a good job in cooling and dampness or keeping warm and cold are the main causes of colds.

2. Treatment methods

When it is found that rabbits should be fed with antibiotics after catching a cold, they can use the antibiotics used when people catch a cold, but the dose should be reduced to 1/3. Take it with warm water and feed more warm water every day. Change the environment after feeding and place it in a dry, ventilated place. In winter, we should pay attention to cold protection, open doors and windows less, open windows regularly, provide cotton wool to keep warm, or provide heating. Usually to let out more activities, can not always stay in the cage, activities to enhance resistance.

3. Environmental hygiene

Excreta contains a large number of bacteria, did not deal with excreta, not cleaned in time, a large number of germs will cause some diseases, may cause colds. Edible feed concentrate feed should be cooked and sterilized at high temperature and made. Green fodder is brought from the outside to be cleaned. Dry feed should be stored in a dry place for a long time and bask in the sun before feeding. Newly bought rabbits from outside have to be quarantined and bred for a month or two before they can enter the farm.

4. Use drugs

Take aspirin internally, one tablet for adult rabbits and half tablets for young rabbits, once in the morning and evening. Those with clear nose should use 1% ephedrine nasal drops three times a day. Or take Forsythia suspensa detoxification tablets internally, one tablet at a time for adults, as well as twice in the morning and evening. Those who have a fever should also be injected with streptomycin, 10 mg per kilogram, twice a day for three consecutive days.

As a result of group breeding, most of the time is indoor breeding, the air environment, living environment is not the best, so it is easy to catch a cold when the temperature changes in the season. I hope the above content can be of some help to the friends who have doubts.