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Detailed Explanation of Breeding and Development Technology for Dual-Purpose Medicinal and Meat Rabbits

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1. Development prospects The dual-purpose medicinal and meat rabbit originated in Zhucheng, Shandong, and has a long history. It has strong bones and thick meat, and has the effects of tonifying the middle and replenishing qi, cooling the blood and detoxifying. It can nourish the complexion and soften the skin, strengthen the body, prolong life, lower cholesterol, prevent and treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and obesity, and improve intelligence and nourish the brain. This rabbit is also a high-grade meat food. The rabbit meat is bright red and tender, without a gamey smell, rich in aroma, not greasy when eaten over a long period, and rich in nutrition, containing more than 21% protein. Since January 2002, when China's rabbit meat was banned by the EU due to drug residue issues, it has been the only green rabbit

1. Development prospects The dual-purpose medicinal and meat rabbit originated in Zhucheng, Shandong, and has a long history. It has strong bones and thick meat, and has the effects of tonifying the middle and replenishing qi, cooling the blood and detoxifying. It can nourish the complexion and soften the skin, strengthen the body, prolong life, lower cholesterol, prevent and treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and obesity, and improve intelligence and nourish the brain. This rabbit is also a high-grade meat food. The rabbit meat is bright red and tender, without a gamey smell, rich in aroma, not greasy when eaten over a long period, and rich in nutrition, containing more than 21% protein. Since January 2002, when China's rabbit meat was banned by the EU due to drug residue issues, it has been the only green rabbit product and live meat rabbit that can continue to be sold to the international market. At present, China's dual-purpose medicinal and meat rabbits are very popular in foreign markets.

2. Biological characteristics ① Morphological characteristics. The rabbit has a wide and round head, a thick and short neck, red eyes, well-proportioned front and rear body development, strong forelimbs, a full rump, thick muscles on the loins and ribs, long and upright ears, clear blood vessels, and a whole body covered with pure white hair that is dense, soft, beautiful and attractive. It has good breeding traits in Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Henan and other places in China, and is currently a famous dual-purpose rabbit breed for medicine, meat and fur in China. ② Biological habits. It has stable genetic performance, strong disease resistance, tolerance to coarse feed, fast growth and development, good fur quality, and a feed-to-meat conversion rate of 2.8:1. Does have good maternity, strong reproductive ability, producing 6 to 8 litters per year, with 8 to 16 kits per litter. Newborn kits weigh 60 g to 70 g, about 8 rabbits are raised per litter, the weaning weight at 30 days is 0.6 kg to 0.9 kg, the average weight at 70 days of age can reach 2.5 kg, and the adult rabbit weight is 4.5 kg to 6 kg.

3. Feed requirements At different growth stages, all rabbits should be fed complete compound feed with comprehensive nutrition. Long-term feeding of a single type of feed is prohibited, so as not to affect the growth and development of meat rabbits. It should be processed into pellet feed. Ordinary farmers can mix the prepared powder feed with a small amount of thin porridge, stir it into pellet-shaped feed of varying sizes, and dry it in the sun before feeding. This allows the rabbits to eat quickly, saves feeding time, allows sufficient rest, promotes fast growth, and prevents feed from being scattered.

4. Green breeding Strictly disinfect the rabbit farm, and use vaccination as the main measure to prevent and treat rabbit diseases. In addition to adding garlic and some other Chinese herbal medicines to the feed, antibiotic drugs must not be mixed in. When raising rabbits as medicinal raw material rabbits, after the rabbit reaches 2 kg, carry out "withdrawal period" green feed breeding, so that the quality of the raised medicinal raw material rabbits meets the green standards of "no pollution, no drug residues, no public harm."

5. Processing and @#@136@#@ When raising as meat rabbits, they can be fed for 3 months to 4 months or even longer. The greater the body weight, the higher the benefit. In slaughterhouses with better sanitary conditions, they are separately processed into frozen rabbit meat and salted dried rabbit skins for sale. When sold as medicinal raw material rabbits, they are raised to a body weight of 2.5 kg to 2.75 kg and can be exported as live rabbits without slaughtering or processing.

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