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How rabbit keepers can spot a suspiciously sick rabbit as early as possible
Rex rabbits have delicate bodies and are sensitive to external conditions, with the characteristics of sudden onset, rapid death, and quick recovery with timely treatment. Because Rex rabbits mostly fall ill at night, observing cage by cage and nest by nest when feeding the rabbits in the morning makes it easiest to identify suspiciously sick rabbits, and specifically you can start with checking, looking, touching, and measuring. 1. Check: A healthy rabbit's ears are pink, and its eyes are bright. If the ears are red or light purple, it means the rabbit is overheated, and this can be relieved by placing it in a ventilated cage with little movement; if the ears are white and feel cool to the touch, it means the rabbit has drunk
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Six things you must do when raising rabbits in autumn
1. Adjust the daily ration. According to the different ages of rabbits, prepare it according to feeding standards, appropriately increase the protein level, reduce energy feed, and require the feed to be nutritious, palatable and easy to digest. Ensure that rabbits have sufficient green feed every day, such as green grass, green vegetables, etc. 2. Build up autumn fat. With abundant feed and complete nutrition, build up good autumn fat to survive the winter safely. Therefore, prepare complete and abundant feed and supply high-quality green feed; feed at fixed times and in fixed amounts, following the principle of feeding breakfast early, feeding dinner late, feeding more green feed at lunch, and feeding at night. Young rabbits should be fed 5-6 times a day
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What methods give good disinfection results on rabbit farms?
Strengthen preventive disinfection. Rabbit farms should establish a scientific disinfection plan, carrying out scientific disinfection at set times and on a regular schedule; through regular disinfection, the environment is purified and pathogens are killed. For vehicles, personnel, articles and tools that frequently enter and leave, different disinfectants and disinfection methods should be selected according to the different objects, so that prevention comes first and treatment comes after. Choose suitable disinfectants. Under the guidance of professional technicians, rabbit farms should, according to the different objects, requirements and environmental conditions on the farm, purchase qualified disinfectants from legally operating units; when choosing, check
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How to prevent and treat rabbit salmonellosis? These methods you need to know
Caused by Salmonella typhimurium and Salmonella enteritidis, it mainly affects pregnant female rabbits, characterized by septicemia, acute death, diarrhea and abortion, and mainly affects female rabbits more than 25 days pregnant. Symptoms: the incubation period is 1 to 3 days; acute cases die suddenly without showing any symptoms; most sick rabbits have diarrhea, elevated body temperature, listlessness, complete loss of appetite, increased thirst, and emaciation; female rabbits discharge viscous, purulent secretions from the vagina. Lesions: the liver shows diffuse or scattered yellow pinpoint-sized
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Four key points to note when introducing pet rabbits
As the pet rabbit market grows increasingly prosperous, more and more people are introducing pet rabbits, but all kinds of problems have emerged along with this. Some people spend a lot of money to buy so-called pet rabbit breeding stock, only to find that when the breeding season arrives, the rabbits do not come into heat; after inquiring carefully, they learn that the rabbits have been sterilized and simply cannot reproduce, wasting more than half a year for nothing. Some people buy rabbits that cannot survive at all, because no breeding techniques were provided, so they just feed them like ordinary rabbits; the result is that a sudden change in living conditions, combined with an abrupt switch in feed, causes the young rabbits to fall ill and die one by one.
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What to Do When a Rabbit Is Poisoned by Organophosphorus Compounds
This disease is a poisoning condition caused by domestic rabbits accidentally eating vegetables, grains, plant seeds or field weeds that have been treated with organophosphorus pesticides, or by improper medication when treating external parasites. Organophosphorus compounds include trichlorfon, dichlorvos, 1605, 1059, 3911, dimethoate, malathion, dithion, and many others. 1. Clinical symptoms: symptoms appear within 0.5 to 4 hours after contact with the poison, showing loss of appetite, drooling, tearing, constricted pupils, rapid heartbeat, rapid breathing, and generalized muscle tremors,
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Symptoms and Treatment Methods of Bordetella Infection in Rabbits
Two clinical disease types of Bordetella infection in rabbits are commonly seen: 1. Rhinitis type: in most cases the nasal mucosa is congested, with a large amount of serous or mucous discharge flowing out, which usually does not become purulent. 2. Bronchopneumonia type: characterized by rhinitis that does not heal for a long time, mucous or purulent discharge from the nasal cavity, sneezing, accelerated breathing, loss of appetite, and gradual emaciation; the course of the disease can last for several months. Treatment When this disease occurs, sick rabbits should be isolated promptly, and the following drugs should be selected for treatment. Kanamycin, per rabbit
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Ten Effective Proven Recipes for Fattening Thin Rabbits in Autumn and Winter
Domestic rabbits, after enduring the hot summer, are mostly weak and thin, so it is essential to hurry and add feed to fatten them after the beginning of autumn, in order to improve the rabbits' physical strength and production performance. The following methods can be used to fatten thin rabbits in autumn and winter. 1. For rabbits with rough, messy fur and poor spirits, use an appropriate amount of tea leaves, plus 15 grams each of pixie fern (Drynaria) and honeysuckle, decoct the juice for oral administration, 2 times a day, 10-15 milliliters per rabbit each time, taken for 3-5 consecutive days, with remarkable effect. 2. Give each rabbit 5-7 grams of white sugar daily, dissolved in warm water, and let the rabbit drink it on its own. Generally, after 15-20 days of use, the rabbit can regain its fat.
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Key Technical Points for Sanitation Management and Disease Control in Intensive Rabbit Farms
An intensive rabbit farm is a large-scale rabbit product enterprise operated with factory-style management, featuring standardized management, high stocking density, rapid herd turnover, and high operational efficiency. Intensive production has many advantages: relatively enclosed production buildings, frequent breeding in all four seasons, efficient cyclical use of equipment, and balanced batch marketing of products. The disadvantages are: frequent high-speed operation puts pressure on disease prevention, making a high incidence of disease extremely likely. Disease control in intensive rabbit farms differs from traditional rabbit farming; any disease that may cause a decline in operating profit
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Detailed Explanation of Autumn Rabbit Keeping Epidemic Prevention Methods and Technical Key Points
When domestic rabbits come through the hot summer, their disease resistance declines somewhat. By autumn, they are also in the molting period and the doe kindling period, so epidemic prevention is very important. 1. Vaccine immunization ①Rabbit plague vaccine. The tissue inactivated vaccine currently in use has relatively good effects. Inject 1 ml subcutaneously per rabbit; strong immunity can be produced in 5-7 days, and the immune period reaches 6 months. ②Rabbit plague-Pasteurella bivalent vaccine. Inject 1 ml subcutaneously per rabbit; it can protect against rabbit plague infection for half a year and against Pasteurella infection for 4 months. ③Clostridium welchii type A inactivated bacterial vaccine. Inject subcutaneously per rabbit
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