Temperature changes and disease prevention: safety management points for raising rabbits in autumn
Rabbits
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 the prevention and control work for the above diseases must be done carefully. Generally, for rabbits past weaning, regardless of size, each rabbit should be injected subcutaneously with 1 ml or more of rabbit plague propolis vaccine or 2 ml of ordinary rabbit plague vaccine; a triple vaccine of rabbit plague, Pasteurella, and Clostridium welchii can also be used, with each rabbit receiving 2 ml or more by subcutaneous injection.
1. Do a good job of disinfecting rabbit hutches and maintaining environmental hygiene. Regularly wash and disinfect rabbit hutches, feeding utensils, and cages. Keep them warm in the morning and evening, and maintain air circulation. Do not feed grass with dew on it.
2. Get the vaccinations done promptly. The main vaccines suitable for autumn immunization are the following:
1. Rabbit plague vaccine: The tissue inactivated vaccine currently in use has a relatively good effect. Inject 1 ml subcutaneously per rabbit; within 5-7 days it can produce very strong immunity, and the immune period reaches 6 months.
2. Rabbit plague and Pasteurella bivalent vaccine: Inject 1 ml subcutaneously per rabbit; it can provide protection against rabbit plague infection for half a year and against Pasteurella infection for 4 months.
3. Type A Clostridium welchii inactivated bacterin: Inject 2 ml subcutaneously per rabbit, with a protection period of half a year. This bacterin can prevent and treat rabbit diarrhea caused by Type A Clostridium welchii.
4. Pasteurella, Bordetella, and Pseudotuberculosis inactivated bacterin: Inject 1 ml subcutaneously per rabbit, with a protection period of half a year. When injecting vaccines, be sure to follow the requirements: the injection dose must be sufficient and the site must be accurate, and change the needle once for each rabbit injected. Those already immunized in spring must also be immunized again in autumn.
3. Prevent coccidiosis. The coccidiosis infection rate in adult domestic rabbits is relatively low, while the infection rate in young rabbits is relatively high. After young rabbits before and after weaning are infected with coccidia, the mortality rate is very high. Commonly used drugs for preventing and treating coccidiosis in domestic rabbits include robenidine, rabbit coccidiosis remedy, clopidol, and sulfadimidine. When using anticoccidial drugs, pay attention to the method of use and the dosage, so as to prevent accidental situations such as drug poisoning.