Meat rabbit is a kind of rabbit with high economic benefits. The rabbit meat of meat rabbit is loved by consumers because of its fresh and tender meat, delicious taste and high nutritional value. Meat rabbit breeding has the advantages of short cycle, low investment, small, fast and so on. It is a good choice for farmers to become rich and go to a well-off society. Now let's present the techniques and methods of meat rabbit breeding.
Breeding of meat rabbits - purchasing skills of meat rabbits
1. The breed of meat rabbit. To raise meat rabbits, the varieties with fast growth rate and high slaughter rate should be selected. For example, New Zealand rabbit, Harbin white rabbit, Saibei rabbit, Brittany rabbit and other varieties are suitable. These varieties have strong vitality, strong resistance, good adaptability, fast growth and development at early stage, high meat production rate and outstanding economic benefits.
2. Body condition of meat rabbit. Body condition is the basis of fattening meat rabbits, which directly affects the fattening effect. The oversized varieties have a long growth cycle, reach the slaughter weight (about 3 kg) and are slaughtered. The muscle wood is plump and the slaughter rate is low. If the fattening period is prolonged and the muscles are slaughtered when they are full, the weight is too large; The market is difficult to sell. The meat rabbit with too small size has long growth cycle, slow weight gain and low economic benefit. Therefore, it is better to choose the middle level. These rabbits have the characteristics of fast growth in early stage, large meat output and short slaughter cycle.
3. Gender also has a certain impact on the weight gain of rabbits. Under the same feeding conditions, female rabbits gained weight faster than male rabbits. This is because the female rabbit is docile, quiet and has a strong appetite, while the male rabbit skips and loves to move, and does not gain as much weight as the female rabbit. Therefore, female rabbits should be fattened, followed by castrated male rabbits.
Fattening techniques of meat rabbits
1. The young rabbits are very sensitive to environmental changes, and the stress reaction can be caused by high or low shed temperature, high density, group isolation, feed mutation, etc. Therefore, the respiratory system and digestive system are vulnerable, and precautions should be taken. The shed temperature of newly weaned rabbits should not be too low and should be kept above 15 ℃. The young rabbits must not be raised alone in a cage to avoid loneliness and fear. In case of abnormal weather, special attention shall be paid to the changes of breathing and defecation of rabbits, and in case of abnormal weather, timely treatment shall be carried out.
2. There are a certain number of parasites in meat rabbits, which affect the fattening effect. After weaning, the young rabbits can be dewatered once to improve the fattening effect. With sulfamethazine, add 0.2g per kg of feed every day, once a day, for three consecutive days, it can be associated with coccidiosis. The deworming shall be arranged in the afternoon or evening so that the worms can be discharged on the second day and cleaned out in time. Some insect bodies that are not dead will re parasitize after being treated with medicine. It can be arranged to conduct another anthelmintic treatment 2 to 3 days later. The dosage should be halved. It is better to stop eating for 4 to 6 hours before taking medicine, and only give water to improve the efficacy. In case of scabies, avermectin can be taken orally for 0.2~0.3g per kilogram of body weight. After 2-3 days of anthelmintic treatment, 0.5~1 piece of yeast can be fed to strengthen stomach and digestion.
Breeding techniques of three meat rabbits
1. Feed has full nutrition and good palatability. In the preparation of rabbit diets, the nutrition standards should be followed to achieve the combination of coarse and fine, the combination of green and dry, and the diversification of feed to meet the nutritional needs. Appropriate additives can be supplied to maintain the full value of feed. Rabbits prefer sweet and fragrant feed to sour feed.
2. It mainly uses green hay feed, and reasonably matches the concentrate. Rabbits belong to herbivorous animals and animals. They have developed caecum, which can decompose cellulose into easily digestible substances. When the crude fiber content in the feed is lower than 5%, the normal physiological function of the digestive tract cannot be maintained, causing diarrhea in rabbits. If only green hay is fed and no concentrate is given, rabbits will suffer from nutritional deficiency, slow weight gain, and low fertility and disease resistance. Therefore, it is necessary to give priority to green hay feed and reasonably mix with concentrate.
3. Feed quality and feeding method. All moldy, toxic, dewy, frozen or contaminated feed shall not be fed. The dosage of detoxicated feed such as rapeseed cake and cottonseed cake should be controlled. The feeding method can be limited, semi limited or free feeding. The restricted feeding method is mostly used for full price pellet feed; Semi restricted feeding refers to feeding coarse and refined forage separately, and the refined forage is regularly and quantitatively fed, and the green hay is fed at will; The free feeding method is mostly used for meat rabbits and lactating female rabbits in fattening period.
4. The feed changes gradually. Feed green fodder in summer and autumn, and more succulent fodder in winter. The replacement of fodder should be carried out step by step, so that the rabbits' intestines and stomach have a process of adaptation, so as to avoid sudden replacement and causing digestive tract. In addition, due to different seasons and physiological stages, feed and feeding methods should be adjusted accordingly. If the intake increases in cold winter, the feed energy level and dosage should be higher than that in summer.