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Treating
the rabbity against coccidiosis
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This
unit is made up of rabbitry, apiary and snailry
Rabbitry unit
In
EBSU farm this unit is responsible
for keeping and maintaining rabbits in the university.
Breeds of rabbits in the unit and some
of their characteristics
(1) Chinchilla:
It is black in colour all over the body
(2) New
Zealand white: it is pure white in colour all over the
(3) Dutch:
it has black and white sports all over the body
Feeding: The animals (rabbit) are fed with growers mash every
morning and evening with roughages. The animas are given to liters of water in
each pen because they are up to 3 one pen.
ealth care:
Embazole and vitalyte to their water twice a week to take care of bacterial
infections. They are given prophylactic treatments to take care of their
general health well being.
Challenges: The major problem of the animals in this unit is high
mortality rate. This makes if difficult to raise the kits from their birth
(kindle) to weaners stages.
Disease:
some fatal diseases of rabbit include
i. Coccidiosis - it caused by coccidia, rabbits that die of coccidiosis show mottle
colour in the liver. Signs lack of appetite and dullness. I witnessed it in the
farm.
ii. Entities – This is inflammation of
gastro intestinal tract (GIT) this disease can be dispersed by rats.