What are the development prospects for meat rabbit farming?
The prospects for developing meat rabbits
Section One
The prospects for developing meat rabbits Meat rabbits, also known as table rabbits. According to measurements, meat rabbits have a lean meat rate as high as 70%. The protein in the meat reaches 21%; the content of lysine, phospholipids, calcium, and vitamins is also very high, making it especially suitable for the elderly and children to eat. Abroad, rabbit meat is hailed as a "beauty food," and demand keeps increasing. Frozen rabbit meat processed from meat rabbits is a traditional bulk export product of our country and is very popular on the international market. In recent years, people have paid attention only to the production of fur and skin rabbits, neglecting the raising of meat rabbits, resulting in a shortage of supply and rising prices. Raising meat rabbits requires little investment and brings quick results, does not need too much grain or complex processing equipment, and is a path for rural areas to increase income and become prosperous.
The rabbit farming industry is an emerging breeding industry and an important part of modern animal husbandry. Domestic rabbits can be divided into three major categories according to their economic use: meat type, skin type, and wool type. Among these, meat rabbits started earliest in our country and have the broadest grassroots base. Meat rabbit raising has developed very quickly in recent years and has become a pillar industry in some areas, especially in some poor areas, one of the important ways for farmers to escape poverty and become prosperous, and a new growth point for local economic development. It has received great attention from governments at all levels and mass organizations and is deeply welcomed by farmers. It can be said that vigorously developing the meat rabbit raising industry suits our country's national conditions, has enormous potential, and is of profound significance. Due to advances in science and technology and improvements in raising conditions, some countries with developed rabbit farming have very high meat rabbit production performance. Generally speaking, they can be sent to market at about 70 days of age, with body weight reaching more than 2.25 kg, and a feed conversion ratio below 3, that is, for every 1 kg of body weight gained, less than 3 kg of feed is consumed. A female rabbit produces more than 50 young rabbits per year, and 1 cage position (domestic rabbits are raised in cages; during the non-pregnant and pregnant periods, several female rabbits occupy 1 cage position) provides 90-100 weaned rabbits per year. Of course, domestic rabbits need to be provided with suitable temperature, humidity, ventilation, nutrition, and other conditions, and corresponding facilities are required. Although the advanced technology of developed countries is worth learning from and drawing on, we should base ourselves on our country's national conditions, fully leverage our country's advantages, and blaze a path of "two highs and one excellent" rabbit industry development suited to our country's national conditions. Practice has proved that under the existing conditions in our country's rural areas, with green grass and roughage as the main feed and concentrate as a supplement, and by adopting matching scientific raising techniques, commercial rabbits can be sent to market at 90 days of age, with body weight reaching 2.25-2.5 kg, and each female rabbit can produce 5-6 litters per year, providing more than 30 weaned rabbits per year. This enables farmers, especially those in poor areas, to use their spare time and through hard work earn 200-300 yuan per year for every 3 foundation female rabbits raised. Each family raising 30 foundation female rabbits can escape poverty and become prosperous within the same year. Vigorously developing the meat rabbit raising industry in our country has broad prospects. This is because:1. The meat rabbit diet is mainly grass, making it a typical grain-saving herbivorous livestock Although domestic rabbits are monogastric animals and do not have the rumen of ruminants such as cattle and sheep that digests crude fiber, they have a well-developed cecum containing a microbial system that can break down crude cellulose, with a function similar to the rumen of ruminants. Therefore, domestic rabbits belong to monogastric herbivorous livestock. Among the domestic rabbit family, meat rabbits have the strongest tolerance for roughage. According to statistics, the average proportion of raw grain in meat rabbit feed formulas is 23%, while that for pigs and poultry is about 60%. Experiments show that feeding the same amount of feed to meat rabbits and beef cattle yields rabbit meat weighing 5 times that of beef. In other words, meat rabbits are more efficient than ruminant herbivores such as cattle and sheep at converting grass into products. For our country, where grain is relatively tight and forage resources are abundant, vigorously developing the meat rabbit raising industry has great practical significance and far-reaching historical significance.2. Multiple litters and high yield, short raising cycle, high meat production rateMeat rabbits reach sexual maturity early, at about 3-4 months, generally mate first at 6 months, have a gestation period of 1 month, average 7-8 young per litter, can come into estrus and mate after giving birth, and can produce more than 6 litters per year. Young rabbits grow quickly, are weaned at 1 month, and after weaning need about another 60 days of raising to reach 2.5 kg for market. One female rabbit can produce 35-40 offspring per year, equivalent to 20-25 times her own body weight. In contrast, cattle and sheep are only 0.35-0.63 times. Among the other livestock currently raised, it is difficult to compare with meat rabbits. Therefore, vigorously developing the meat rabbit raising industry is an important way to solve people's source of meat and enrich people's food basket.3. Small investment, quick results, large returnsCompared with raising other animals, meat rabbits require a smaller investment and have a high input-output ratio. For rural households, the investment in raising meat rabbits can roughly be divided into breeding rabbit costs, feed costs, disease prevention costs, cage and housing costs, and so on. If calculated with 2 males and 10 females, 12 rabbits, as one unit, the input and income are as follows: (1) Input 1. Breeding purchase cost: buying 2.5 kg breeding rabbits at 40 yuan each, 12 rabbits cost 480 yuan. The average service period of breeding rabbits is 2.5 years, with an average annual amortization of 192 yuan. 2. Feed cost: each breeding rabbit consumes an average of 125 grams of mixed feed per day (the insufficient nutritional portion is supplemented with green grass and crop straw), consuming 45.6 kg of feed per year, and 12 rabbits consume 547 kg in total. Calculating feed cost at 1.2 yuan per kg, the feed cost is 656.4 yuan; young rabbits are counted from weaning at 1 month of age to market at 90 days of age, a total of 60 days, and each consumes about 5 kg of feed. Each female rabbit provides an average of 35 commercial rabbits per year, and 10 female rabbits provide 350 commercial rabbits per year, consuming 1750 kg of feed in total, with a feed cost of 2100 yuan. The total feed cost for breeding rabbits and commercial rabbits is 2756.4 yuan. 3. Disease prevention cost: breeding rabbits cost 3 yuan each per year, and commercial rabbits 1 yuan each, totaling 362 yuan. 4. Cage and housing cost: building cages and housing can use the family's old bricks and tiles, stones, adobe, cement, and lime, or iron rods can be welded into frames and wire mesh used to make cages. Each cage costs 30 yuan, and 12 breeding rabbit cages plus 20 fattening cages require 960 yuan. The service life of the cages is calculated as 8 years, with an annual depreciation cost of 120 yuan. Total input: 192 yuan + 2756.4 yuan + 362 yuan + 120 yuan = 3430.4 yuan. (2) Income 1. Selling commercial rabbits: 350 commercial rabbits are sent to market annually, each averaging 2.5 kg, totaling 875 kg, and at the national average purchase price of 6 yuan/kg in a normal year, the total income is 5250 yuan. 2. Breeding rabbit disposal cost: after the service period, breeding rabbits need to be culled as commercial rabbits, each averaging 4.5 kg, calculated at 6 yuan/kg, 27 yuan each, 324 yuan for 12 rabbits, spread over 2.5 years, averaging 129.6 yuan per year. 3. Rabbit manure: 12 breeding rabbits and 350 commercial rabbits can produce more than 2.5 tons of rabbit manure per year, calculated at 50 yuan per ton, yielding an income of 125 yuan. Total income: 5250 yuan + 129.6 yuan + 125 yuan = 5504.6 yuan. (3) Gross profit: 5504.6 yuan - 3430.4 yuan = 2074.2 yuan. According to the above calculation, raising 10 foundation female rabbits can yield a profit of more than 2074.2 yuan per year, and each female rabbit can yield 207 yuan per year. This is difficult for other breeding industries and even other industries to compare with. A family of three, using spare time, raising 30 female rabbits, can profit 6200 yuan per year. This alone can escape poverty and move toward moderate prosperity in the same year. If meat rabbits are slaughtered by oneself for cooked food processing, and the skins are sold on the market (generally 1 rabbit skin is 4-7 yuan, and winter skins can reach more than 10 yuan), the benefits can double.4. Less land occupation, less labor, every household can do it Meat rabbits can be raised on the ground or in three-dimensional housing; indoors or outdoors; on the ground, underground, or on rooftops. Small-scale household raising can use courtyards or idle houses and old sheds. An ordinary household courtyard can accommodate a scale of about 30 foundation female rabbits. Rabbit raising involves no heavy physical labor, and both the elderly and children can do it. Rabbits like to be active at night, so rabbit raising does not conflict with farming. Farmers can completely use their spare time to do it without delaying farm work. In this way, people can fully use their talents and things can be fully used.5. High product quality and large market potential Rabbit meat has the characteristics of "three highs and three lows." That is, high protein, high lysine, high digestibility, and low fat, low cholesterol, low energy. Its comprehensive nutritional value is higher than other meats such as pork, beef, and chicken (Table 1).Table 1
Comparison of nutritional components of rabbit meat and other meats
Item Rabbit meat Pork Beef Chicken Protein (%) 21.0 15.7 17.4 18.6 Fat (%) 8.0 26.7 25.1 4.9 Lysine (%) 9.6 3.7 8.0 8.4 Cholesterol (mg/kg) 650 1260 1060 690-900 Digestibility (%) 85.0 75.0 55.0 50.0 From Table 1, it can be seen that rabbit meat is an ideal meat food and conforms to the direction of modern human demand for nutritional products. Rabbit meat not only has relatively high nutritional value, but its fibers are fine and tender, and after processing it is easily digested and absorbed by the human body, making it a good nutritional food for the elderly, patients, pregnant women, and young children. In addition, people who often eat rabbit meat are less likely to become fat, can maintain a beautiful figure, and also enjoy health benefits, playing a positive role in preventing atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, and heart disease. Therefore, it is called "bodybuilding meat" and "beauty meat" by some Western countries and is deeply loved by people. Many countries have a long-standing habit of eating rabbit meat. The vast majority of the rabbit meat produced in our country is sold abroad, mainly exported to France, Italy, Japan, and so on, with very little sold domestically. But in recent years, eating rabbit meat in some places in China has gradually become a habit. For example, Sichuan Province is our country's largest rabbit-raising province, and most of its rabbit meat relies on domestic sales. The wrapped silk rabbit meat of Guanghan County is renowned at home and abroad, and in some places there, there has even appeared a situation where no banquet is complete without rabbit. In provinces such as Jilin and Guangdong in our country, rabbit meat consumption is also relatively large. It can be said that the potential of both the international and domestic markets for rabbit meat is very large, and moreover, with the development of our country's economy and the continuous improvement of people's living standards, the domestic consumption of rabbit meat will grow larger and larger, and domestic sales will become the main channel for rabbit meat sales.6. Great potential for by-product developmentIn addition to rabbit meat and rabbit skin, meat rabbit products also include bones, blood, brain, liver, gallbladder, stomach, intestines, eyeballs, testes, and manure and urine, all of which can be developed and utilized, turning waste into treasure. Rabbit blood, brain, liver, gallbladder, eyeballs, thymus, and embryonic rabbits are raw materials for the pharmaceutical industry and can be processed into hematoporphyrin, serum protein, pepsin, cephalin, cholesterol, and so on. According to research, the efficacy of rabbit bile is similar to bear bile and is a medicinal resource awaiting development. Rabbit bones, rabbit blood, and internal organ scraps can be processed into animal feed. Rabbit manure is both a highly efficient organic fertilizer and a feed resource. Rabbit manure is rich in nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and trace elements. It can not only improve soil and provide nutrients, but also has insect-repellent and disease-resistant effects. According to experiments, when rabbit manure is applied as a base fertilizer, underground pests rarely occur, and aphids also occur less. Dry rabbit manure contains 13.4% crude protein, 1.59% crude fat, 20.79% crude fiber, 1.99% calcium, 1.4% phosphorus, 8% carbohydrates, and also contains various vitamins such as niacin, pantothenic acid, riboflavin, and vitamin B12, and can be used as animal feed. According to experiments, after fermentation, rabbit manure can be used to feed pigs, fish, cattle, sheep, and so on, which can greatly reduce feed costs and improve breeding efficiency.7. Easing the conflict between forestry and animal husbandry and protecting ecological balanceThe so-called conflict between forestry and animal husbandry is mainly the conflict between raising sheep and planting trees. For a long time, this problem has not been well solved. Especially in mountainous areas, this conflict is very sharp. The damage of sheep to mountain vegetation is shocking. Therefore, some people say that if you raise sheep you cannot plant trees, and if you plant trees you cannot raise sheep. Mountainous areas have abundant forage resources and advantageous conditions for developing herbivorous livestock. People in mountainous areas need to develop animal husbandry to become prosperous, and rabbits are housed animals. Developing the rabbit-raising industry can both fully utilize the forage resources of mountain areas and solve the conflict between forestry and animal husbandry; it can both increase farmers' income and provide high-quality organic fertilizer for agriculture and forestry, promoting each other and developing together.
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Looking at this analysis, even professional breeding cannot earn much money!
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The rabbit farming industry is an emerging breeding industry and an important part of modern animal husbandry
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I quite appreciate these projects. Developing herbivorous livestock is our direction. The key is still the market. People's dietary habits cannot change that quickly.
The prospects for developing meat rabbits Meat rabbits, also known as table rabbits. According to measurements, meat rabbits have a lean meat rate as high as 70%. The protein in the meat reaches 21%; the content of lysine, phospholipids, calcium, and vitamins is also very high, making it especially suitable for the elderly and children to eat. Abroad, rabbit meat is hailed as a "beauty food," and demand keeps increasing. Frozen rabbit meat processed from meat rabbits is a traditional bulk export product of our country and is very popular on the international market. In recent years, people have paid attention only to the production of fur and skin rabbits, neglecting the raising of meat rabbits, resulting in a shortage of supply and rising prices. Raising meat rabbits requires little investment and brings quick results, does not need too much grain or complex processing equipment, and is a path for rural areas to increase income and become prosperous.
The rabbit farming industry is an emerging breeding industry and an important part of modern animal husbandry. Domestic rabbits can be divided into three major categories according to their economic use: meat type, skin type, and wool type. Among these, meat rabbits started earliest in our country and have the broadest grassroots base. Meat rabbit raising has developed very quickly in recent years and has become a pillar industry in some areas, especially in some poor areas, one of the important ways for farmers to escape poverty and become prosperous, and a new growth point for local economic development. It has received great attention from governments at all levels and mass organizations and is deeply welcomed by farmers. It can be said that vigorously developing the meat rabbit raising industry suits our country's national conditions, has enormous potential, and is of profound significance. Due to advances in science and technology and improvements in raising conditions, some countries with developed rabbit farming have very high meat rabbit production performance. Generally speaking, they can be sent to market at about 70 days of age, with body weight reaching more than 2.25 kg, and a feed conversion ratio below 3, that is, for every 1 kg of body weight gained, less than 3 kg of feed is consumed. A female rabbit produces more than 50 young rabbits per year, and 1 cage position (domestic rabbits are raised in cages; during the non-pregnant and pregnant periods, several female rabbits occupy 1 cage position) provides 90-100 weaned rabbits per year. Of course, domestic rabbits need to be provided with suitable temperature, humidity, ventilation, nutrition, and other conditions, and corresponding facilities are required. Although the advanced technology of developed countries is worth learning from and drawing on, we should base ourselves on our country's national conditions, fully leverage our country's advantages, and blaze a path of "two highs and one excellent" rabbit industry development suited to our country's national conditions. Practice has proved that under the existing conditions in our country's rural areas, with green grass and roughage as the main feed and concentrate as a supplement, and by adopting matching scientific raising techniques, commercial rabbits can be sent to market at 90 days of age, with body weight reaching 2.25-2.5 kg, and each female rabbit can produce 5-6 litters per year, providing more than 30 weaned rabbits per year. This enables farmers, especially those in poor areas, to use their spare time and through hard work earn 200-300 yuan per year for every 3 foundation female rabbits raised. Each family raising 30 foundation female rabbits can escape poverty and become prosperous within the same year. Vigorously developing the meat rabbit raising industry in our country has broad prospects. This is because:1. The meat rabbit diet is mainly grass, making it a typical grain-saving herbivorous livestock Although domestic rabbits are monogastric animals and do not have the rumen of ruminants such as cattle and sheep that digests crude fiber, they have a well-developed cecum containing a microbial system that can break down crude cellulose, with a function similar to the rumen of ruminants. Therefore, domestic rabbits belong to monogastric herbivorous livestock. Among the domestic rabbit family, meat rabbits have the strongest tolerance for roughage. According to statistics, the average proportion of raw grain in meat rabbit feed formulas is 23%, while that for pigs and poultry is about 60%. Experiments show that feeding the same amount of feed to meat rabbits and beef cattle yields rabbit meat weighing 5 times that of beef. In other words, meat rabbits are more efficient than ruminant herbivores such as cattle and sheep at converting grass into products. For our country, where grain is relatively tight and forage resources are abundant, vigorously developing the meat rabbit raising industry has great practical significance and far-reaching historical significance.2. Multiple litters and high yield, short raising cycle, high meat production rateMeat rabbits reach sexual maturity early, at about 3-4 months, generally mate first at 6 months, have a gestation period of 1 month, average 7-8 young per litter, can come into estrus and mate after giving birth, and can produce more than 6 litters per year. Young rabbits grow quickly, are weaned at 1 month, and after weaning need about another 60 days of raising to reach 2.5 kg for market. One female rabbit can produce 35-40 offspring per year, equivalent to 20-25 times her own body weight. In contrast, cattle and sheep are only 0.35-0.63 times. Among the other livestock currently raised, it is difficult to compare with meat rabbits. Therefore, vigorously developing the meat rabbit raising industry is an important way to solve people's source of meat and enrich people's food basket.3. Small investment, quick results, large returnsCompared with raising other animals, meat rabbits require a smaller investment and have a high input-output ratio. For rural households, the investment in raising meat rabbits can roughly be divided into breeding rabbit costs, feed costs, disease prevention costs, cage and housing costs, and so on. If calculated with 2 males and 10 females, 12 rabbits, as one unit, the input and income are as follows: (1) Input 1. Breeding purchase cost: buying 2.5 kg breeding rabbits at 40 yuan each, 12 rabbits cost 480 yuan. The average service period of breeding rabbits is 2.5 years, with an average annual amortization of 192 yuan. 2. Feed cost: each breeding rabbit consumes an average of 125 grams of mixed feed per day (the insufficient nutritional portion is supplemented with green grass and crop straw), consuming 45.6 kg of feed per year, and 12 rabbits consume 547 kg in total. Calculating feed cost at 1.2 yuan per kg, the feed cost is 656.4 yuan; young rabbits are counted from weaning at 1 month of age to market at 90 days of age, a total of 60 days, and each consumes about 5 kg of feed. Each female rabbit provides an average of 35 commercial rabbits per year, and 10 female rabbits provide 350 commercial rabbits per year, consuming 1750 kg of feed in total, with a feed cost of 2100 yuan. The total feed cost for breeding rabbits and commercial rabbits is 2756.4 yuan. 3. Disease prevention cost: breeding rabbits cost 3 yuan each per year, and commercial rabbits 1 yuan each, totaling 362 yuan. 4. Cage and housing cost: building cages and housing can use the family's old bricks and tiles, stones, adobe, cement, and lime, or iron rods can be welded into frames and wire mesh used to make cages. Each cage costs 30 yuan, and 12 breeding rabbit cages plus 20 fattening cages require 960 yuan. The service life of the cages is calculated as 8 years, with an annual depreciation cost of 120 yuan. Total input: 192 yuan + 2756.4 yuan + 362 yuan + 120 yuan = 3430.4 yuan. (2) Income 1. Selling commercial rabbits: 350 commercial rabbits are sent to market annually, each averaging 2.5 kg, totaling 875 kg, and at the national average purchase price of 6 yuan/kg in a normal year, the total income is 5250 yuan. 2. Breeding rabbit disposal cost: after the service period, breeding rabbits need to be culled as commercial rabbits, each averaging 4.5 kg, calculated at 6 yuan/kg, 27 yuan each, 324 yuan for 12 rabbits, spread over 2.5 years, averaging 129.6 yuan per year. 3. Rabbit manure: 12 breeding rabbits and 350 commercial rabbits can produce more than 2.5 tons of rabbit manure per year, calculated at 50 yuan per ton, yielding an income of 125 yuan. Total income: 5250 yuan + 129.6 yuan + 125 yuan = 5504.6 yuan. (3) Gross profit: 5504.6 yuan - 3430.4 yuan = 2074.2 yuan. According to the above calculation, raising 10 foundation female rabbits can yield a profit of more than 2074.2 yuan per year, and each female rabbit can yield 207 yuan per year. This is difficult for other breeding industries and even other industries to compare with. A family of three, using spare time, raising 30 female rabbits, can profit 6200 yuan per year. This alone can escape poverty and move toward moderate prosperity in the same year. If meat rabbits are slaughtered by oneself for cooked food processing, and the skins are sold on the market (generally 1 rabbit skin is 4-7 yuan, and winter skins can reach more than 10 yuan), the benefits can double.4. Less land occupation, less labor, every household can do it Meat rabbits can be raised on the ground or in three-dimensional housing; indoors or outdoors; on the ground, underground, or on rooftops. Small-scale household raising can use courtyards or idle houses and old sheds. An ordinary household courtyard can accommodate a scale of about 30 foundation female rabbits. Rabbit raising involves no heavy physical labor, and both the elderly and children can do it. Rabbits like to be active at night, so rabbit raising does not conflict with farming. Farmers can completely use their spare time to do it without delaying farm work. In this way, people can fully use their talents and things can be fully used.5. High product quality and large market potential Rabbit meat has the characteristics of "three highs and three lows." That is, high protein, high lysine, high digestibility, and low fat, low cholesterol, low energy. Its comprehensive nutritional value is higher than other meats such as pork, beef, and chicken (Table 1).Table 1
Comparison of nutritional components of rabbit meat and other meats
Item Rabbit meat Pork Beef Chicken Protein (%) 21.0 15.7 17.4 18.6 Fat (%) 8.0 26.7 25.1 4.9 Lysine (%) 9.6 3.7 8.0 8.4 Cholesterol (mg/kg) 650 1260 1060 690-900 Digestibility (%) 85.0 75.0 55.0 50.0 From Table 1, it can be seen that rabbit meat is an ideal meat food and conforms to the direction of modern human demand for nutritional products. Rabbit meat not only has relatively high nutritional value, but its fibers are fine and tender, and after processing it is easily digested and absorbed by the human body, making it a good nutritional food for the elderly, patients, pregnant women, and young children. In addition, people who often eat rabbit meat are less likely to become fat, can maintain a beautiful figure, and also enjoy health benefits, playing a positive role in preventing atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, and heart disease. Therefore, it is called "bodybuilding meat" and "beauty meat" by some Western countries and is deeply loved by people. Many countries have a long-standing habit of eating rabbit meat. The vast majority of the rabbit meat produced in our country is sold abroad, mainly exported to France, Italy, Japan, and so on, with very little sold domestically. But in recent years, eating rabbit meat in some places in China has gradually become a habit. For example, Sichuan Province is our country's largest rabbit-raising province, and most of its rabbit meat relies on domestic sales. The wrapped silk rabbit meat of Guanghan County is renowned at home and abroad, and in some places there, there has even appeared a situation where no banquet is complete without rabbit. In provinces such as Jilin and Guangdong in our country, rabbit meat consumption is also relatively large. It can be said that the potential of both the international and domestic markets for rabbit meat is very large, and moreover, with the development of our country's economy and the continuous improvement of people's living standards, the domestic consumption of rabbit meat will grow larger and larger, and domestic sales will become the main channel for rabbit meat sales.6. Great potential for by-product developmentIn addition to rabbit meat and rabbit skin, meat rabbit products also include bones, blood, brain, liver, gallbladder, stomach, intestines, eyeballs, testes, and manure and urine, all of which can be developed and utilized, turning waste into treasure. Rabbit blood, brain, liver, gallbladder, eyeballs, thymus, and embryonic rabbits are raw materials for the pharmaceutical industry and can be processed into hematoporphyrin, serum protein, pepsin, cephalin, cholesterol, and so on. According to research, the efficacy of rabbit bile is similar to bear bile and is a medicinal resource awaiting development. Rabbit bones, rabbit blood, and internal organ scraps can be processed into animal feed. Rabbit manure is both a highly efficient organic fertilizer and a feed resource. Rabbit manure is rich in nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and trace elements. It can not only improve soil and provide nutrients, but also has insect-repellent and disease-resistant effects. According to experiments, when rabbit manure is applied as a base fertilizer, underground pests rarely occur, and aphids also occur less. Dry rabbit manure contains 13.4% crude protein, 1.59% crude fat, 20.79% crude fiber, 1.99% calcium, 1.4% phosphorus, 8% carbohydrates, and also contains various vitamins such as niacin, pantothenic acid, riboflavin, and vitamin B12, and can be used as animal feed. According to experiments, after fermentation, rabbit manure can be used to feed pigs, fish, cattle, sheep, and so on, which can greatly reduce feed costs and improve breeding efficiency.7. Easing the conflict between forestry and animal husbandry and protecting ecological balanceThe so-called conflict between forestry and animal husbandry is mainly the conflict between raising sheep and planting trees. For a long time, this problem has not been well solved. Especially in mountainous areas, this conflict is very sharp. The damage of sheep to mountain vegetation is shocking. Therefore, some people say that if you raise sheep you cannot plant trees, and if you plant trees you cannot raise sheep. Mountainous areas have abundant forage resources and advantageous conditions for developing herbivorous livestock. People in mountainous areas need to develop animal husbandry to become prosperous, and rabbits are housed animals. Developing the rabbit-raising industry can both fully utilize the forage resources of mountain areas and solve the conflict between forestry and animal husbandry; it can both increase farmers' income and provide high-quality organic fertilizer for agriculture and forestry, promoting each other and developing together.
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Looking at this analysis, even professional breeding cannot earn much money!
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The rabbit farming industry is an emerging breeding industry and an important part of modern animal husbandry
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I quite appreciate these projects. Developing herbivorous livestock is our direction. The key is still the market. People's dietary habits cannot change that quickly.