What issues need attention when raising rabbits in autumn?
In autumn and winter, temperatures vary greatly, and this is a high-incidence period for virulent infectious diseases such as rabbit plague, Pasteurella, Bordetella, and Clostridium welchii, so epidemic prevention work for the above diseases must be done carefully. Generally, for rabbits older than weaning age, regardless of size, each rabbit should be injected subcutaneously with 1 milliliter or more of rabbit plague propolis vaccine or 2 milliliters of ordinary rabbit plague vaccine; a triple vaccine against rabbit plague, Pasteurella, and Clostridium welchii can also be used, with each rabbit receiving 2 milliliters or more subcutaneously.
1. Do a good job of disinfecting rabbit housing and environmental sanitation. Regularly scrub and disinfect rabbit housing, feeding utensils, and cages. Do good work in keeping warm in the morning and evening, and maintain air circulation. Do not feed grass with dew on it.
2. Promptly inject vaccines. The main vaccines suitable for autumn epidemic prevention are as follows:
1. Rabbit plague vaccine: the tissue inactivated vaccine currently used has a relatively good effect. Inject 1 milliliter subcutaneously per rabbit; strong immunity can be produced in 5-7 days, and the immune period reaches 6 months.
2. Rabbit plague and Pasteurella bivalent vaccine: inject 1 milliliter subcutaneously per rabbit; it can protect against rabbit plague infection for half a year and against Pasteurella infection for 4 months.
3. Type A Clostridium welchii inactivated bacterin: inject 2 milliliters subcutaneously per rabbit, with a protection period of half a year. This bacterin can prevent and control rabbit diarrhea caused by Type A Clostridium welchii.
4. Pasteurella, Bordetella, and Pseudomonas pseudotuberculosis inactivated bacterin: inject 1 milliliter subcutaneously per rabbit, with a protection period of half a year. When injecting vaccines, be sure to follow the requirements, use sufficient injection doses, and inject at the correct sites; change the needle once for each rabbit injected. Those already immunized in spring must also be immunized again in autumn.
3. Prevent coccidiosis. Adult rabbits have a relatively low coccidiosis infection rate, while young rabbits have a relatively high infection rate. Young rabbits before and after weaning have a very high mortality rate after being infected with coccidia. Common drugs for preventing and treating rabbit coccidiosis include robenidine, Tuqiuling, Keqiuling, sulfadimidine, and others. When using anticoccidial drugs, pay attention to the method of use and dosage to prevent accidental situations such as drug poisoning.