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How to Prevent and Treat Rabbit ‘Big Belly’ Disease
Rabbit big-belly disease strikes weanling kits and can kill in 2–3 days, driven by moldy feed or poor nutrition. Prevention is clean feed and a correct formula; treatment ranges from grass-and-exercise to metoclopramide and antibiotics.
Rabbit Vesicular Stomatitis
The vesicular stomatitis virus causes rabbit vesicular stomatitis, living in sick rabbits' saliva and necrotic oral tissue; just-weaned kits are most at risk. Incubation is 5 to 7 days. Signs: red mucous membranes, vesicles on lips, tongue, and palate that become pustules then ulcers with heavy drooling; secondary bacteria cause foul necrosis. Mortality exceeds 50%. Differentiate from chemical or mold-induced stomatitis, which is not contagious.
Rabbit Salmonellosis
Rabbit salmonellosis is a digestive disease caused by Salmonella typhimurium and Salmonella enteritidis, mainly hitting pregnant does. The bacteria are weak against disinfectants such as 3% lysol or 5% lime milk. Prevention centers on hygiene, flock screening, and killed vaccines for breeding and pregnant does.
How to Improve a Rabbit’s Forage Conversion Efficiency
Growing your own forage cuts rabbit-farming cost, but you must raise conversion efficiency and balance the diet. Key points: good palatability, varied feeds, greens-led with limited concentrate, about 0.5 to 1 kg greens and 150 g concentrate per adult daily, proper protein and crude-fiber levels, and not-too-high energy to avoid cecal gas and lower breeding rates. Add minerals and vitamins in moderation.
How to Raise Rabbits for Faster Growth
Growth rate is one of the indicators of a rabbit's quality. To raise fast-growing rabbits, focus on selecting fast-growing breeds suited to your local climate, grouping rabbits by size and age for fattening, feeding a balanced grain-based diet on a fixed schedule, providing ample clean water, keeping the hutch clean and well-ventilated, and staying on top of disease prevention.
Breeding Taboos for Rabbits
Good breeding is key to profitable rabbit farming, yet some owners breed does back-to-back regardless of health, leading to many kits but poor survival. Avoid close inbreeding, mating too early, over-mating, summer breeding, early or late weaning, mixed-group housing, and poor management to keep reproduction rates and kit health high.
Taboos You Must Know When Raising Rabbits
Many rabbit-keeping pitfalls are easy to overlook, especially on large farms. Avoid continuous back-to-back breeding, using crossbred rabbits as breeders, combining vaccination, deworming, and medication at once, blind medication, over-relying on feed additives, and feeding a single monotonous diet.
Rabbit ‘Big Belly’ Disease (Enteritis/Bloat): Causes & Care
Rabbit 'big belly' disease is a fast, often fatal gut illness from mixed E. coli/coccidia infection, viral diarrhea, or low fiber. This guide covers its signs, prevention (clean feed, grass), and treatment (fasting, gentamicin, probiotics).
What to Do When Your Rabbit Loses Its Appetite
A rabbit that stops eating is a warning sign. This article explains common causes of poor rabbit appetite—spoiled food, gut issues, nutritional gaps—and how probiotics, diet changes, and vet checks can restore it.
Difference Between Ordinary and Pasteurella Conjunctivitis in Rabbits
Ordinary and pasteurella conjunctivitis show similar symptoms but need different treatment; wrong direction causes relapse or worse. This article explains the differences.