Modern Rabbit Breeding Practical Encyclopedia

Author: Gu Zulin, Xue Jiabin, Editors
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Rabbit farming is a traditional breeding project in China with a long history. According to research, records of rabbit farming date back to the pre-Qin era over 2,000 years ago, but they were primarily for imperial purposes. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, rabbit hair and meat products were successively introduced into the international market, promoting the commercial production process of rabbit farming. Especially since the reform and opening-up, whether it's meat rabbits, hair rabbits, or fur rabbits (sable rabbits), they have all seen significant development. Currently, China produces 460,000 tons of rabbit meat, over 10,000 tons of rabbit hair, and over 20 million sable rabbit pelts annually. It has become the country with the highest production and export volume of rabbit hair, rabbit meat, and rabbit pelts in the world, truly earning the title of a global leader in rabbit farming and rabbit product exports. This book is divided into 20 sections, focusing on introducing the feasibility analysis of establishing a rabbit farm, site selection and farm planning, rabbit house construction and types, rabbit farming machinery and equipment, rabbit breeds, the biological characteristics of domestic rabbits, rabbit nutrition and feeding standards, rabbit feed, feed formulation, rabbit genetics and breeding, rabbit breeding techniques, environmental control in rabbit farming, breeding rabbit management, rabbit production management, farm immunity, prevention and treatment of common diseases, rabbit slaughter and meat inspection, rabbit meat processing, processing of rabbit pelts and hair, as well as farm management and circulation.