Scientific classification
Kingdom - animals
Super
phyhum - chordate
Phyhum - vertebrate
Class - mammaliam
Order
- lagomorpha
Family - laproidae
Genera - pentalagus, bunolagus, Nrsolagus,
branchylagus, syloilagus, orcytolagus, poelagus
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)