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A Detailed Guide to Donkey Farming Techniques and Feeding Management Methods
Donkey Farming Techniques
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The Dezhou donkey is a treasure from head to tail. Just how high is its breeding value?
The Dezhou donkey originated in the counties along the Bohai coast in Binzhou City and Dezhou City, Shandong Province, with Wudi as the central production area, so it is also called the "Wudi donkey." It is one of China's large donkey breeds and an excellent local breed, and it has now been included in the national list of protected local breeds. In appearance, it is divided into two major types: the "Sanfen donkey" and the "Wutou donkey." The Dezhou donkey has strong adaptability, tolerates coarse feed, and has strong disease resistance, making it deeply popular among farmers in various regions. The Dezhou donkey has now been introduced as breeding stock to 24 provinces and cities including **, Shaanxi, and Liaoning, and has also brought considerable economic benefits to breeders.
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Guanzhong donkey
Produced in the counties along the Weihe River basin of the Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi Province, with Xianyang, Pingguan Wugong, Qianxian and Liquan counties as the central production areas. This donkey has a tall and large build, with a body height of over 1.30 m and a body weight of 250-290 kg. It has a robust and sturdy constitution, small but solid hooves, strong disease resistance, good heredity, and strong endurance. The coat color of the Guanzhong donkey is mainly black, but the eye rims, nose, mouth and lower abdomen are mostly white or grayish-white, and for this reason it is known as having a "pink nose, bright eyes, and white belly," which is the characteristic of the Guanzhong donkey and also a necessary condition for breeding donkeys.
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Detailed Explanation of Donkey Disease Diagnosis Methods and Prevention and Treatment Techniques
In terms of habits, meat donkeys are more tolerant of coarse feed than horses, cattle and other livestock, and have stronger disease resistance, but this does not mean they do not get sick. Donkeys have a strong tolerance for general diseases, so when diagnosing and treating them, attention must be paid to prevent the occurrence of epidemic diseases. I. Observation and Diagnosis of Donkey Diseases. A healthy donkey always holds its head and neck high, with both ears erect, moves freely, and chews powerfully with a "ge ge" sound when eating grass. The mouth color is fresh and moist, the nose and ears are warm, and the dung balls are moderate in hardness, moist and shiny on the outside. If a donkey lowers its head and droops its ears, lacks spirit, and its nose and ears become
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Guangling donkey
Produced in Guangling County, Shanxi Province. It is divided into three types by body size: large, medium and small. Those with a height at the withers of 1.30 m or more are the large type, with a body weight of about 260 kg and a body length of about 1.35 m; those with a height at the withers below 1.10 m are the small type, with a body weight of about 138 kg and a body length of about 1.05 m; those between the large and small types are the medium type. Among the three types, the medium type is the most numerous. The requirements for coat color selection in breeding jacks or jennies are very strict; generally, the black-browed type is regarded as the top color, followed by the blue-browed, black-headed and tongmao types. The coat is required to be coarse and stiff; this kind of donkey is sturdy
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Hexi donkey
The Hexi donkey, also known as the Liangzhou donkey, is produced in the area of the Hexi Corridor in Gansu. It has a small build: male donkeys average 1.02 m in height at the withers and female donkeys 1 m, making it a small-type donkey. The vast majority are gray in coat color. It endures hardship and hard work, tolerates coarse feed, has strong disease resistance, and is docile in temperament, making it extremely easy to work.
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How to fatten donkeys in winter? These fattening key points you need to master
Donkeys are herbivorous animals with strong disease resistance, are easy to raise and manage, reproduce quickly, can be kept either free-range or confined, and require little investment, making them very suitable for small-scale raising by farming households. After short-term winter fattening, the body weight of young donkeys can reach 150-200 kg, and that of adult donkeys can reach 250-300 kg. Based on current market conditions, raising one donkey can yield a profit of 600-1,000 yuan. 1. Selecting donkeys for fattening Guanzhong donkeys and Dezhou donkeys are the first choice. Guanzhong donkeys are mainly produced in the Guanzhong Plain area of Shaanxi Province, and after fattening their body weight
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Detailed Explanation of the Characteristics and Diagnostic Methods of Donkey Diseases
Characteristics of Donkey Diseases Donkeys and horses are animals of the same genus but different species. Therefore, the biological characteristics and physiological structure of donkeys are basically similar to those of horses. However, there are also considerable differences between them, so the manifestations of diseases also differ. The types of diseases that donkeys suffer from, whether internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics, infectious diseases and parasitic diseases, are all similar to those of horses, such as the common gastric dilation, constipation, colic, strangles, etc. Because of the biological characteristics of donkeys, they differ from horses in disease resistance, clinical manifestations and responses to drugs.
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What to do about bloody diarrhea in dogs? It can be treated with Pulsatilla decoction combined with Licorice and Donkey-Hide Gelatin
Bloody diarrhea in dogs is one of the most common canine diseases in clinical practice. The disease develops extremely rapidly, and treatment with antibiotics yields little or no effect, with a mostly poor prognosis. Pulsatilla decoction plus Licorice and Donkey-Hide Gelatin decoction is a representative formula in human clinical medicine for treating blood deficiency and prolonged diarrhea damaging yin, originating from the Jin Gui Yao Lue (Synopsis of the Golden Chamber). 1. Clinical symptoms: sudden onset, listlessness, fever, thirst with excessive drinking, little or no eating, dry nose, vomiting, diarrhea with pus and blood that is often bright red or purplish red, along with tenesmus, weakened or faint bowel sounds, a crimson tongue body, yellow coating, and a slippery or wiry rapid pulse
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What are the treatment methods for rectal prolapse in donkeys?
Rectal prolapse in donkeys, commonly known as prolapsed anus, is a frequently occurring condition in equine animals, and is more likely to occur in northern regions under housing conditions and poor feeding conditions. A typical case is reported as follows: I. Onset symptoms On September 5, 2005, among the 9 Jiangyue donkeys raised by Li in the breeding community of Naimenmodun Township, two developed prolapsed anus. The affected donkeys showed relatively frequent straining, accompanied by groaning and teeth grinding, pawing the ground with the forelimbs, kicking the abdomen with the hindlimbs, extreme restlessness, inability to stand still, pacing back and forth, frequently raising the tail, and intestinal tract protruding outside the anus, cylindrical in shape and swinging left and right
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