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How to Tell Duck Plague from Duck Cholera? A Must-Read for Duck Keepers
Ducks suffering from duck cholera often shake their heads before death; at the time of death, thin bloody fluid flows from the mouth and nostrils, and the crop is full of feed and feels hard to the touch. In contrast, ducks suffering from duck plague have runny noses and watery eyes, their eyes are bloodshot at the time of death, and the crop is empty with no food in it and feels soft to the touch. 1.
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How to keep a Hwamei (Chinese Thrush) through the winter? Key points of winter feeding and management techniques
Feeding and management of the Hwamei through the winter: Before the start of winter each year, most Hwamei birds have molted into new feathers; this natural instinct and change of plumage are of great significance to the Hwamei's overwintering. In winter, when the weather is cold, the ambient temperature is very important to the Hwamei
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How to choose a thrush for keeping? Methods for sexing male and female thrushes
Based on age, thrushes can be divided into four stages: ① Nestling refers to a newly hatched young bird that has not yet left the nest and cannot fly; ② Soft-feathered refers to a young bird from the end of the nestling stage until the feathers have fully grown; ③ Fully-feathered refers to a young bird from the soft-feathered stage until after the molt the following year. ④ Old-feathered refers to a bird 2 years
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How to prevent and treat tuberculosis in pigeons? Pigeon keepers need to master these methods
This disease is a typical chronic, wasting infectious disease of pigeons and other poultry, characterized by stubborn diarrhea, anemia, emaciation, and nodules of varying sizes in the organs. The pathogen is Mycobacterium avium, which is not highly virulent to humans and animals. Natural infection is usually caused by
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What are the methods for keeping hedgehogs in captivity?
Although the hedgehog is a wild animal, it is easy to raise and keep in captivity, with low costs and high returns. Hedgehog meat is delicious, and its skin is a valuable medicinal material. Therefore, farming hedgehogs is also a good way to make a fortune. The techniques for efficient captive breeding of hedgehogs are introduced below: 1,
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What are the effective measures for keeping a flock of sheep safe through the winter?
To keep a flock of sheep safe through the winter, it is not only necessary to create good environmental conditions, but also to strengthen overwintering management. Specifically, the following measures should be carried out well: 1 Focus on grazing and build up autumn fat. After the beginning of autumn, the days are short and the nights are long, and there is not enough grazing time. Relying only on daytime grazing means the sheep cannot eat their fill, so grazing time should be appropriately extended. Before the frost, they should go out early and return late; after the frost, they should go out late and return late, so that every sheep can eat grass and eat its fill. After the autumn harvest, the flock should promptly be driven to fields where crops have been harvested, to graze on the stubble and pick up weeds and scattered grain. If this is done well, they fatten faster, and this is also an important aspect of seizing autumn fat. By combining these practices, the flock can quickly gain fat and regain condition, laying a good foundation for safely getting through the winter.
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What are the ways to cultivate good water for fish keeping?
As the saying goes, to keep fish you must first cultivate the water. So, how do you cultivate good water? Everyone knows that tap water straight from the faucet is not suitable for keeping fish directly; you must first remove chlorine and increase oxygen, and for higher requirements, you also need to adjust the water's hardness and pH. We usually
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How to select good breeding stock for mink farming? Keep these precautions in mind
What is breeding stock selection? Breeding stock selection means choosing superior individuals to keep for breeding while culling inferior ones. How to select good breeding stock? 1. Choose a good breed. A good breed is the foundation for improving the mink's litter rate and survival rate. When introducing a breed, you must consider the breed's
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How to manage pheasants during the brooding period? Keep these precautions in mind
The pheasant, also known as the common pheasant, rainbow pheasant, mountain pheasant, etc., is a valuable wild game bird combining meat, ornamental and medicinal uses: Food value: pheasant meat is tender and delicious, with a strong game flavor; its protein content is as high as 40%, 2.5 times that of ordinary chicken and pork, and its fat content is only
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How Turtles Overwinter and Key Points for Keeping Them
In a broad sense, "turtle" refers to the collective term for the order Testudines; in a narrow sense, it refers to species under the family Emydidae. The Chinese pond turtle (Chinemys reevesii) is also known as the golden turtle, grass turtle, mud turtle and mountain turtle. In animal taxonomy it belongs to the class Reptilia, order Testudines, family Emydidae, and is one of the common Testudines animals.
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