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Winter prevention methods for rabbit Bordetella bronchiseptica disease
Rabbit Bordetella bronchiseptica disease, also called rabbit bronchial septic Bordetella bronchiseptica disease, is a common respiratory infectious disease of rabbits caused by Bordetella bronchiseptica. The disease is characterized by chronic rhinitis, bronchopneumonia and pharyngitis. This disease occurs frequently in autumn and winter and early spring. It is mainly spread through the air and infects via the respiratory tract. The incidence rate is high in young rabbits, and there are fatal cases. Adult rabbits are less commonly affected. This bacterium contaminates 64.4% of group-raised rabbits and 20% of free-range rabbits. Under natural conditions, this bacterium is parasitic in the upper respiratory tract of many kinds of mammals, often causing mutual infection of chronic respiratory diseases.
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Rabbit Rearing Methods and Breeding Techniques
Size: total body length 40-45cm. Origin: native to south of central Europe. Diet: herbivorous. Although they are all commonly called rabbits, what general pet shops sell are domestic rabbits improved from wild European rabbits through selective breeding. There are many breeds; the most familiar to the public is the all-white Japanese White breed. In recent years, rabbits of other coat colors have gradually increased on the market and are also very popular. There is also a breed called the mini rabbit; in fact, it is not a true mini rabbit, but a cross between small rabbits such as the Dutch breed and the Belgian breed and the white Japanese rabbit.
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Five Considerations for Formulating Rabbit Feed
Select ingredients according to local conditions. The selected raw materials must not only meet the nutritional needs of domestic rabbits, but also be adapted to local conditions, using locally available forage as much as possible. Pay attention to the diversity of feed. Combining multiple feeds can play a role in nutritional complementation. Pay attention to seasonal differences. In most areas of China, green fodder is scarce in winter and spring, and domestic rabbits are prone to vitamin deficiency, so supplementation should be noted. Pay attention to the palatability of feed. Domestic rabbits like bitter chicory, alfalfa (Medicago sativa), and soybean, and refuse moldy-smelling and fishy-smelling forage. Pay attention to the
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How can wool rabbits grow more fur? These seventeen methods are worth trying
1. For each rabbit, use 0.5 g of sulfur, 1 g of silkworm droppings, 1 g of Smilax glabra, and 0.1 g of trace elements daily. Mix and crush them, then mix evenly with the feed and feed the rabbits. Generally, wool can be clipped 7-10 days earlier. 2. After wool rabbits are shorn, inject 250 mg of vitamin B12 intramuscularly per rabbit per day for 2-3 consecutive days; or orally administer compound vitamin B1 tablets (each tablet contains 3 mg of B1, 1.5 mg of B2, 0.2 mg of B6, and 2 mg of calcium pantothenate), using 1/4 tablet per rabbit per day
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A Complete Guide to Safe Winter Care Tips for Pet Rabbits
Beijing's winter is cold and dry. If you have a cute pet rabbit at home, you need to take extra care of it. In this season, rabbits at home easily get sick from a small oversight. So taking more measures to help them get through the winter smoothly is imperative. China Financial Ceremony Pet rabbits are prone to diseases in winter ★Colds If you find that your rabbit's body temperature suddenly rises, or its eyes become dull as if tears are welling up, or it coughs, has a runny nose, or is panting, it could
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Rabbit Care: Which Plants Should You Not Feed Rabbits?
Rabbits are small in size and have weak resistance. When cutting grass to feed rabbits, some toxic grasses may be mixed in with the forage. If not noticed, rabbits that eat them accidentally can suffer poisoning or even death. Common toxic grasses include: plantain (Plantago), morning glory, barley and wheat smut fungus, Gelsemium elegans, meadow-rue (Thalictrum, also known as manyflower rhubarb), mountain pepper, poison hemlock, Sophora flavescens, Chinese pulsatilla, Ranunculus chinensis, jujube-like tuber, sorrel (Rumex, sour sorrel), Arisaema, Pinellia ternata, cocklebur, coptis, stone dragon yellow, big tobacco root, oleander, lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana), garden balsam, datura,
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How to carry out year-round disease prevention on a rabbit farm? These key points must be kept in mind
Rabbits have the characteristics of low investment and quick returns, making them very suitable for promotion among farmers in general, but how to do a good job of disease prevention is the key to whether rabbit farming can succeed. Below we introduce the fifteen key points for year-round disease prevention summarized in our practical work. 1. Newly introduced rabbits should be raised in isolation and observed for 35-40 days, and only mixed into the group when disease-free. 2. Set up a disinfection pool at the entrance of the rabbit house, place sawdust moistened with 2% naoh inside, cover it with palm fiber or old burlap, and disinfect when entering and leaving. 3. When entering the rabbit house, change shoes and wear work clothes; before mixing feed,
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Is it really necessary to clean rabbit droppings once every day?
Teacher Xu Shangjin, a skilled rabbit raiser in Heilongjiang, said that he found that rabbit droppings have a thin film on the outside. About ten minutes after the droppings fall onto the dropping board, this thin film dries, and if it is not broken, the droppings do not smell or give off odor! If the system of cleaning droppings once every day is insisted on, it will inevitably cause the droppings to break and give off a foul smell and odor. In addition, it also shows that cleaning droppings in the rabbit house every day will inevitably affect the rest of the rabbit herd. If the rabbits do not rest well, they will not grow well. Therefore, cleaning droppings every day is not recommended, and at the same time, washing the rabbit house with water every day is strictly prohibited. Practice has proved that some large
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Ten Proven Recipes for Fattening Thin Rabbits in Autumn and Winter
After making it through the hot summer, most domestic rabbits are weak and thin, so as soon as autumn begins you must hurry to increase their feed and build them up, in order to improve their strength and productivity. The following methods can be used to fatten thin rabbits in autumn and winter. 1. For rabbits with coarse, messy fur and poor spirits, take an appropriate amount of tea leaves, plus 15 grams each of Clubmoss (Huperzia) and honeysuckle, decoct into a liquid and administer orally, twice a day, 10-15 ml per rabbit each time, for 3-5 consecutive days, with marked effect. 2. Dissolve 5-7 grams of white sugar per rabbit per day in warm water and let the rabbit drink it freely. Generally after 15-20 days
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Rabbits Are Prone to Heatstroke in the Hot Summer, Rabbit Farmers Must Not Forget Prevention
Heatstroke is a common disease of domestic rabbits in summer, and simply because rabbit farmers often take it lightly, cases of rabbits dying from heatstroke are frequently seen. Therefore, as the hot summer arrives, rabbit farmers are especially reminded never to forget to guard against heatstroke in rabbits. Precautions: set up simple shade shelters around the rabbit hutch or spread shade netting. Open all doors and windows of the hutch to let the air circulate; splash well water on the walls and floor inside the hutch to cool it down; provide the rabbits with plenty of clean drinking water, and feed more fresh green forage and an appropriate amount of watermelon rind, cucumber peel, etc., to help the rabbits quench their thirst and prevent heatstroke.
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