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Yunnan Spotted Rabbit
The Yunnan Spotted Rabbit is a fur-and-meat dual-purpose breed unique to Yunnan, China, valued for its wide adaptability, strong disease resistance, and fast growth. Though not widely promoted, it is a hardy, easy-to-keep local rabbit.
Lianshan Black Rabbit
The Lianshan Black Rabbit is a meat rabbit breed developed in Wulian County, Shandong Province, China. With its entirely black coat, high meat yield, and strong reproductive performance, it is the only black-furred meat rabbit breed in China and holds special significance for the development of new meat rabbit varieties.
Harbin White Rabbit
The Harbin White Rabbit is a Chinese meat-and-fur breed adapted to cold northern climates, with a large, sturdy white body. Mainly raised as an economic animal, it has strong adaptability and high reproduction and dressing rates, though weaker disease resistance calls for prevention-first care.
Fujian Yellow Rabbit
The Fujian Yellow Rabbit is an excellent Chinese meat rabbit breed with a short production cycle and high meat yield. Small but fast-growing and well adapted to local conditions, its tender, nutritious meat is praised as 'brain-boosting' and 'beauty' meat.
How to Use Medication for Rabbit Health Care
A sound rabbit health program relies on timely medication: anticoccidials in feed for kits, a structured vaccination schedule against VHD, pasteurellosis, Clostridia and Bordetella, routine ivermectin for mange, and antibiotics in hot humid seasons. Consistent prevention is far cheaper than treating outbreaks.
What Beginners Should Know About Keeping Rabbits
Don't start with too many rabbits; build experience first, then grow the herd. Here are the main points beginners should watch when keeping rabbits.
How to Improve the Survival Rate of Young Rabbits
Weaned rabbits under three months old have the lowest survival rate of any age group, with more than half of deaths caused by digestive disorders. Boost survival by minimizing stress during the transition, keeping a calm and clean environment, feeding small frequent meals of digestible high-fiber pellets, and following a strict vaccination and coccidiosis-prevention program.
Preventing and Treating Rabbit Bordetellosis
Rabbit bordetellosis, caused by Bordetella bronchiseptica, is a chronic respiratory infection that hits young rabbits hardest, especially in spring and autumn. Keep it out with closed-herd breeding, strict sanitation, and biannual vaccination, and treat outbreaks with isolation and Gram-negative antibiotics.
How to Raise Rabbits
Successful rabbit keeping rests on healthy breeding stock, a clean ventilated hutch, grouped by size and sex, a digestible diet (pellets, alfalfa, veggies, boiled water), daily cleaning, and preventive vaccines against rabbit hemorrhagic disease and coccidiosis.
How often should a pet rabbit be vaccinated?
There is no uniform rabbit vaccination program; take the rabbit to a professional vet and never vaccinate blindly. A single rabbit with no outside contact has low infection risk, so decide based on actual need. Common vaccines cover rabbit hemorrhagic disease, pasteurellosis, and others, with timing varying by vaccine and infection source.
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