Scientific classification
Kingdom – animals
Super phyhum – chordate
Phyhum – vertebrate
Class – mammaliam
Order – lagomorpha
Family – laproidae
Genera – pentalagus, bunolagus, Nrsolagus,
branchylagus, syloilagus, orcytolagus, poelagus
Rabbits are small mammals and non-ruminate that exit a unique feature called coprophagy which is the act or consuming fecal-like pallet produced in the caecum. It is a normal behavioral pattern for rabbits. They excrete two types so feaces, the hard feaces or day feces, which are produced in the large intestine are the feacal pallets normal seen.
The faecal/feaces that are consumes through COPRO coprophgy are the sort or night feaces, which is produced in the caecum they are consumed directly form the anus. They are excreted in grapelike clusters, surrounded by a gelatinous membrane.
TERMINOLOGIES IN RABBIT MANAGEMENT
DUCK – Adult male
DOE – Adult female
Kitten – young rabbit
Litter – Female with young ones or all the young
ones produced at the same time by one doe.
Hutches: – Hones of rabbits or pen in which rabbit lives.
TERMINOLOGIES
SUCKLINGS – Feeding of young ones on the mothers
breast milk
DAM – the mother of a set of young rabbit
SIRE – The father of a set of rabbits
FOSTERING – Act of using a doe other than the dam to
nurse and develop young ones.
Kindling – Act of giving birth
EQUIPMENT USED IN THE RABBITRY
Nest box – For kindling
Feeding trough- for feeding
Water trough -for drinking water
Weight scale
Breeds of rabbits
CALIFORNIAN
Characteristic
a. originated form united state
b. the furs are purely white
c. It hers an lilac or blue, red eyes
d. Its black patches on the tails, nose, leg, ear.
Chinchilla
Characteristic
a. the furs are purely black
RABBIT MANAGEMENT
Rabbits are been handle with care and caution, they vary, in temperament and responds kindly to a special treatment (Petting)
Some of them when behave strange (foreign) you were to lead meaning into that. Like a doe that is fairly aggressive for a few days before kindling shows that she is ever ready and alert to protect her kitten that is yet to be kindling.
When entering the rabitery, you have to shot the quietly, to avoid frightening the animal and not to inflect injury on the them.
HANDLING RABBITS
They are a special to handle these animals
* They are lofted by grasping the loin gently but firmly with the heel of hand toward the toil of the rabbit.
Matting
During mating, the doe was taken into the bucks hutch for mating but not the other way round or vis via sia.
If the doe is on heat (Oestrus) (Oestrus) and for service and the buck is active, definitely mating occurs immediately. When mating is completed by the buck, the buck might fall over on his side or give a paint cry.
PREGNANCY DETERMINATION OF RABBIT
After mating a doe, an increase in the weight after 2 weeks of mating signifies pregnancy but is not the end of the story or the factor to base efficacy, after two weeks of mating, palpation of the abdomen or feeling the development of the young one sin the uterus with the thumb world for fingers is the accurate and quick method for determination or pregnancy.
The doe was seen pulling her furs, in the preparation for her kindling, the gestation period of rabbit is 28 days. at kindling she needs no disturbing, the due likes and nurses it after kindling and pull more furs to protect them kittens.
Weaning of Rabbit
– These is a process of separating the doe form it’s kittens for developing, it is usually done between
4-8 weeks after kindling depending on they weights.
DAIRY ROUTINE ACTIVITIES ON RABBITRY
1. Providing of foods on feeding
2. Supplying the water on the drinkers
3. General screening and observation
4. Cleaning of the rabbit pen and their tough
5. Drugs administration
6. Weighting of the rabbits and records
RABBIT FEEDS
1. Potatoes leaves
2. Elephant grass
3. Centros
4. Pellated Broiler punisher (i.e concentrates)
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