A feeding method for significantly improving the health of ornamental rabbits

Abstract

The present invention provides a feeding method that significantly improves the health of ornamental rabbits. Functional amino acids, α-mannan peptides, and astragalus polysaccharides that promote the health of pet rabbits are added to improve the intestinal health and anti-stress ability of the body, and reduce the diarrhea rate and mortality rate; secondly, the feed processing technology is optimized. Ring die granulation is adopted, and a 1:16 compression ratio process is applied. The granules are hard and smooth, which is conducive to the ornamental rabbits to repair and grind their teeth, with less broken materials and extended shelf life; thirdly, the feeding frequency and feeding amount are optimized, and the rabbits are fed at three time points every day, morning, noon, and evening. The feeding amount at each time point is formulated according to the total amount of food intake in a day, and the quantitative method is conducive to preventing indigestion caused by excessive feeding. The feeding method of improving the health of ornamental rabbits of the present invention improves the immune function of ornamental rabbits, promotes intestinal health, and improves the anti-stress ability during breeding and transportation. At the same time, it has the function of bright eyes and bright hair, and the diarrhea rate and mortality rate in the production of ornamental rabbits are greatly reduced.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to a breeding method for significantly improving the health of ornamental rabbits, and belongs to the technical field of animal breeding. Background Art

[0002] With the improvement of living standards, people's pursuit of spiritual life is getting higher and higher, and ornamental rabbits are becoming more and more popular as emotional support. Ornamental rabbits, like meat rabbits, rex rabbits and other domestic rabbits, belong to the genus Lepus of the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha. But there are differences. First of all, there are huge physiological differences. At present, the domestic main varieties of small ornamental rabbits are small in size, such as the Netherlands dwarf rabbit, which is about 30cm in adult length and generally weighs less than 1.2 kg. There is a huge difference in size and weight between them and meat rabbits, rex rabbits, wool rabbits and other varieties, which also causes great physiological differences, and the fertility and survival rate are lower than those of domestic rabbit varieties. Secondly, the focus of breeding is different. The former pays more attention to health, while the latter pays more attention to production performance. Third, ornamental rabbits have worse resistance and adaptation to the outside world, their intestines are more fragile, and they are prone to illness during breeding. Fourth, they are put on the market early, especially during transportation, with great stress and higher mortality, which seriously affects the economic benefits of ornamental rabbits. The quality of feed is a key factor in the health of ornamental rabbits. Therefore, in breeding production, there must be a breeding method to improve the health of the ornamental rabbit body, and a balanced nutritional complete diet and a reasonable feeding method to relieve stress are necessary. The feed should meet the following conditions: good palatability, no impact on rabbits' feeding; balanced nutrition, meeting the nutritional needs of ornamental rabbits, improving the intestines, promoting body health, and enhancing immune function.

[0003] There are no reports on the research on the nutritional formula and healthy breeding methods of ornamental rabbits. Moreover, so far, patents for ornamental rabbits are mostly concentrated on facilities and cages for domestic pet rabbit breeding. No patent literature has been found on balanced complete diets and feeding methods that can enhance the health of ornamental rabbits and relieve stress during breeding and transportation. Summary of the invention

[0004] The purpose of the invention is to overcome the difficulties in the breeding and transportation of ornamental rabbits and to provide a breeding method which can significantly improve the health of the ornamental rabbits.

[0005] A method for raising ornamental rabbits to significantly improve their health comprises the following steps:

[0006] S1. According to the physiological and marketing characteristics of ornamental rabbits, first provide nutritionally balanced complete feed. The specific method is as follows:

[0007] The nutritionally balanced complete feed includes the following ingredients by weight percentage: 26% corn, 12% soybean meal, 40% alfalfa meal, 13% bran, 3% yeast powder, 1% carrot powder, 0.7% calcium hydrogen phosphate, 0.5% methionine, 0.5% lysine, 0.3% salt and 3% premix additive;

[0008] Each kilogram of the premix additive mainly contains the following functional amino acids: 100g arginine, 10g N-carbamylglutamic acid, 35g taurine; functional carbohydrates: 6.7g α-mannan peptide, 6.7g astragalus polysaccharide; and 500g zeolite powder;

[0009] Each kilogram of the premix additive contains the following trace elements: 18.2 g of magnesium oxide, 5.6 g of ferrous sulfate monohydrate, 0.67 g of copper sulfate pentahydrate, 0.84 g of manganese sulfate monohydrate, 4.8 g of zinc sulfate monohydrate, 0.84 g of cobalt chloride hexahydrate (1%), 0.027 g of potassium iodide, and 0.008 g of sodium selenite;

[0010] The multivitamin in each kilogram of the premix additive contains the following ingredients: VA 200000IU, VD333400IU, VE 1670mg, VK3 33.4mg, VB1 33.4mg, VB2 100mg, VB6 40mg, VB 12 0.34mg, biotin 2.7mg, niacin 1000mg, folic acid 6.7mg, pantothenic acid 334mg, choline 3340mg, in addition, the content of defatted rice bran is the content of the premix additive per kilogram;

[0011] S2. Secondly, optimize the feed processing technology, mix the raw materials in steps according to their properties and characteristics, improve the uniformity of raw material mixing, adopt a ring die granulation process, use a compression ratio of 1:16, make the raw material mixture into particles with a particle size of 3 mm and a length of 1 cm, keep it warm and moist for 15 minutes, improve the particle hardness, and reduce the broken materials. The specific preparation steps are as follows:

[0012] 1) according to the content requirements of each component of the premix additive, trace element additives, complex vitamins, arginine, N-carbamylglutamic acid, α-mannan peptide, taurine, astragalus polysaccharide, zeolite powder, defatted rice bran are weighed, the zeolite powder is sieved through a 180-mesh sieve, and the remaining components are sieved through a 40-mesh sieve, and then put into a blender and fully stirred to form a premix additive;

[0013] 2) Weigh corn, soybean meal, alfalfa meal, bran, yeast powder, carrot powder, calcium hydrogen phosphate, methionine, lysine, premix additives, and salt according to the weight percentage and content requirements of each component of the diet formula;

[0014] 3) Grind the corn, pass it through a 40-mesh sieve, put it into a blender and mix it with soybean meal, alfalfa meal and bran to form a corn-soybean meal-alfalfa meal-bran premix;

[0015] 4) putting the premix additive, yeast powder, carrot powder, calcium hydrogen phosphate and salt into a blender and stirring and mixing again to form a premix additive-carrot powder premix;

[0016] 5) Put the above feed premix into a blender and mix thoroughly;

[0017] 6) Using a ring die granulator to granulate, with a compression ratio of 1:16, the mixture was made into granules with a particle size of 3 mm and a length of 1 cm, and the mixture was kept warm and moisturized for 15 minutes;

[0018] 7) Dehydrating and cooling with air cooling to make the moisture content of the pellets within 10% and the pellet temperature drop to room temperature, thus producing a nutritionally balanced and complete feed for ornamental rabbits;

[0019] S3, optimizing feeding frequency and feeding amount, including the following steps:

[0020] 1) Optimize feeding frequency and feed at three time points every day: morning, noon and evening;

[0021] 2) Optimize the feeding amount, supply at a fixed time and in a fixed quantity, draw a feed intake curve, clarify the daily feed intake of ornamental rabbits, and formulate the feeding amount ratio at each time point based on the daily feed intake, that is, 4:2:4. Multiple meals are conducive to nutrient digestion and absorption, and fixed quantity is conducive to preventing indigestion caused by excessive feeding.

[0022] The feeding method of the present invention significantly improves the health of the ornamental rabbit body. Arginine and N-carbamylglutamic acid are added to the complete diet to promote the development of the intestinal tract of the ornamental rabbit; α-mannan peptide is not easily degraded and destroyed by gastric acid and digestive enzymes, plays a role in the intestinal tract, protects the intestinal mucosa, and cooperates with astragalus polysaccharide to improve the immune function of the ornamental rabbit, promotes intestinal health, thereby improving the health of the body and improving the stress resistance during breeding and transportation; carrot powder and taurine improve vision and brighten the eyes; sulfur-containing amino acids promote bright hair. The feeding frequency and feeding amount are optimized to prevent indigestion caused by excessive feeding. The 1:16 compression ratio process is adopted, the particles are hard and smooth, the broken materials are small, the shelf life is extended, and it is conducive to the ornamental rabbit to repair and grind teeth. After using the present invention, the diarrhea rate and mortality rate of the ornamental rabbit production are greatly reduced. The complete diet formula for improving the health of the ornamental rabbit of the present invention has the characteristics of promoting the intestinal development of the ornamental rabbit, protecting the mucosa, enhancing the immune function, brightening the hair, brightening the eyes, etc.

[0023] It should be appreciated that all combinations of the foregoing concepts, as well as additional concepts described in greater detail below, may be considered to be part of the inventive subject matter of the present disclosure, provided such concepts are not mutually inconsistent.

[0024] The foregoing and other aspects, embodiments and features of the present invention can be more fully understood from the following description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Other additional aspects of the present invention, such as the features and / or beneficial effects of the exemplary embodiments, will be apparent from the following description or learned from the practice of the specific embodiments according to the present invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0025] The drawings are not intended to be drawn to scale. In the drawings, each identical or nearly identical component shown in various figures may be represented by the same reference numeral. For clarity, not every component is labeled in every figure. Embodiments of various aspects of the present invention will now be described by way of example and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0026] Figure 1 This is a graph showing the effects of the high-quality complete diet of the present invention on relevant indicators of 28-day-old pet rabbits. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] In order to better understand the technical content of the present invention, specific embodiments are cited and described as follows in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Various aspects of the present invention are described in this disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which many illustrative embodiments are shown. The embodiments of the present disclosure are not necessarily defined to include all aspects of the present invention. It should be understood that the various concepts and embodiments introduced above, as well as those described in more detail below, can be implemented in any of many ways, because the concepts and embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not limited to any implementation. In addition, some aspects disclosed in the present invention can be used alone, or in any appropriate combination with other aspects disclosed in the present invention.

[0028] In this embodiment, 100 kg of balanced nutritional complete feed includes the following ingredients by weight percentage: 26 kg corn, 12 kg soybean meal, 40 kg alfalfa meal, 13 kg bran, 3 kg yeast powder, 1 kg carrot powder, 0.7 kg calcium hydrogen phosphate, 0.5 kg methionine, 0.5 kg lysine, 0.3 kg salt and 3 kg premix additive.

[0029] Per kilogram of the premix additive, functional amino acids: 100 g arginine, 10 g N-carbamylglutamic acid, 35 g taurine; functional sugars: 6.7 g α-mannan peptide, 6.7 g astragalus polysaccharide; and 500 g zeolite powder are added.

[0030] Each kilogram of the premix additive contains the following trace elements: 18.2g of magnesium oxide, 5.6g of ferrous sulfate monohydrate, 0.67g of copper sulfate pentahydrate, 0.84g of manganese sulfate monohydrate, 4.8g of zinc sulfate monohydrate, 0.84g of cobalt chloride hexahydrate (1%), 0.027g of potassium iodide, and 0.008g of sodium selenite.

[0031] The multivitamin in each kilogram of the premix additive contains the following ingredients: VA 200000IU, VD333400IU, VE 1670mg, VK3 33.4mg, VB1 33.4mg, VB2 100mg, VB6 40mg, VB12 0.34mg, biotin 2.7mg, niacin 1000mg, folic acid 6.7mg, pantothenic acid 334mg, and choline 3340mg.

[0032] In addition, the content of defatted rice bran per kilogram of the premix additive minus the above additives is the content of the defatted rice bran. The balanced nutritional complete feed of this embodiment uses an optimized production process, including the following steps:

[0033] According to the properties and characteristics of the raw materials, the raw materials are mixed in steps to improve the uniformity of the raw material mixing. The ring die granulation process is optimized, and the compression ratio is 1:16. The raw material mixture is made into particles with a particle size of 3mm and a length of 1cm. The heat preservation and moisture retention are stable for 15 minutes to improve the particle hardness and reduce the broken materials;

[0034] The specific preparation steps are as follows:

[0035] 1) According to the content requirements of each component of the premix additive, trace element additives, complex vitamins, arginine, N-carbamylglutamic acid, α-mannan peptide, taurine, astragalus polysaccharide, zeolite powder, defatted rice bran are weighed, the zeolite powder is sieved through a 180-mesh sieve, and the rest including defatted rice bran is sieved through a 40-mesh sieve, and then put into a blender and fully stirred and mixed to form a premix additive.

[0036] 2) Weigh corn, soybean meal, alfalfa meal, bran, yeast powder, carrot powder, calcium hydrogen phosphate, methionine, lysine, premix additives, and salt according to the weight percentage and content requirements of each component of the diet formula;

[0037] 3) Grind the corn, pass it through a 40-mesh sieve, put it into a blender and mix it with soybean meal, alfalfa meal and bran to form a corn-soybean meal-alfalfa meal-bran premix;

[0038] 4) putting the premix additive, yeast powder, carrot powder, calcium hydrogen phosphate and salt into a blender and stirring and mixing again to form a premix additive-carrot powder premix;

[0039] 5) Put the above feed premix into a blender and mix thoroughly;

[0040] 6) Using a ring die granulator to granulate, with a compression ratio of 1:16, the mixture was made into granules with a particle size of 3 mm and a length of 1 cm, and the mixture was kept warm and moisturized for 15 minutes;

[0041] 7) Dehydrating and cooling with air cooling to make the moisture content of the pellets within 10% and the temperature of the pellets drop to room temperature, thus producing a nutritionally balanced and complete feed for ornamental rabbits.

[0042] The feeding method of nutritionally balanced complete feed includes the following steps:

[0043] 1) Optimize feeding frequency. Feed at three times a day: morning, noon, and evening;

[0044] 2) Optimize feeding amount and supply at fixed time. Draw a feed intake curve to clarify the daily feed intake of ornamental rabbits. According to the daily feed intake, set the feeding amount ratio at each time point, that is, 4:2:4. Multiple meals are conducive to nutrient digestion and absorption, and fixed feeding is conducive to preventing indigestion caused by overfeeding.

[0045] The experiment was conducted with the prepared high-quality complete diet for ornamental rabbits to evaluate its effect on the health of ornamental rabbits. The control group was a common diet on the market. The experiment selected 60 healthy 28-day-old dwarf rabbits and randomly divided them into two groups, 30 in each group, 10 replicates, and 3 in each replicate. The control group was fed twice a day, and the experimental group was fed according to the optimized feeding frequency, morning, noon and evening every day, with a feeding ratio of 4:2:4. The data recorded diarrhea rate, feed intake, and mortality rate. The experimental period was 21 days. See details. Figure 1 .

[0046] Data showed that the experimental group increased the feed intake of ornamental rabbits by 13.4% and reduced the diarrhea rate and mortality rate by 40.1% and 49.8% respectively.

[0047] After the feeding experiment was completed, the death of the experimental rabbits during transportation was tracked after they were sold, and it was found that the mortality rate of young rabbits in the experimental group was significantly reduced, down to 60.0%.

[0048] It can be seen that high-quality complete diets for ornamental rabbits improve palatability, reduce diarrhea rates and mortality rates during production, and more importantly, significantly reduce mortality rates during sales and transportation, thereby improving economic benefits.

Claims

1. A method for raising ornamental rabbits to significantly improve their health, characterized in that: The steps include: S1. According to the physiological and marketing characteristics of ornamental rabbits, first provide nutritionally balanced complete feed. The specific method is as follows: The nutritionally balanced complete feed includes the following ingredients by weight percentage: 26% corn, 12% soybean meal, 40% alfalfa meal, 13% bran, 3% yeast powder, 1% carrot powder, 0.7% calcium hydrogen phosphate, 0.5% methionine, 0.5% lysine, 0.3% salt and 3% premix additive; Per kilogram of the premix additive, functional amino acids are mainly added: 100g arginine, 10g N-carbamylglutamic acid, 35g taurine; functional carbohydrates: 6.7g α-mannan peptide, 6.7g astragalus polysaccharide; and 500g zeolite powder is added; Each kilogram of the premix additive contains the following trace elements: 18.2 g of magnesium oxide, 5.6 g of ferrous sulfate monohydrate, 0.67 g of copper sulfate pentahydrate, 0.84 g of manganese sulfate monohydrate, 4.8 g of zinc sulfate monohydrate, 0.84 g of cobalt chloride hexahydrate (1%), 0.027 g of potassium iodide, and 0.008 g of sodium selenite; The multivitamin in each kilogram of the premix additive contains the following ingredients: VA 200000IU, VD333400IU, VE1670mg, VK3 33.4mg, VB1 33.4mg, VB2 100mg, VB6 40mg, VB 12 0.34mg, biotin 2.7mg, niacin 1000mg, folic acid 6.7mg, pantothenic acid 334mg, choline 3340mg, in addition, the content of defatted rice bran is the content of the premix additive per kilogram; S2. Secondly, optimize the feed processing technology, mix the raw materials in steps according to their properties and characteristics, improve the uniformity of raw material mixing, adopt a ring die granulation process, use a compression ratio of 1:16, make the raw material mixture into particles with a particle size of 3 mm and a length of 1 cm, keep it warm and moist for 15 minutes, improve the particle hardness, and reduce the broken materials. The specific preparation steps are as follows: 1) according to the content requirements of each component of the premix additive, trace element additives, complex vitamins, arginine, N-carbamylglutamic acid, α-mannan peptide, taurine, astragalus polysaccharide, zeolite powder, defatted rice bran are weighed, the zeolite powder is sieved through a 180-mesh sieve, and the remaining components are sieved through a 40-mesh sieve, and then put into a blender and fully stirred to form a premix additive; 2) Weigh corn, soybean meal, alfalfa meal, bran, yeast powder, carrot powder, calcium hydrogen phosphate, methionine, lysine, premix additives, and salt according to the weight percentage and content requirements of each component of the diet formula; 3) Grind the corn, pass it through a 40-mesh sieve, put it into a blender and mix it with soybean meal, alfalfa meal and bran to form a corn-soybean meal-alfalfa meal-bran premix; 4) putting the premix additive, yeast powder, carrot powder, calcium hydrogen phosphate and salt into a blender and stirring and mixing again to form a premix additive-carrot powder premix; 5) Put the above feed premix into a blender and mix thoroughly; 6) Using a ring die granulator to granulate, with a compression ratio of 1:16, the mixture was made into granules with a particle size of 3 mm and a length of 1 cm, and the mixture was kept warm and moisturized for 15 minutes; 7) Dehydrating and cooling with air cooling to make the moisture content of the pellets within 10% and the pellet temperature drop to room temperature, thus producing a nutritionally balanced and complete feed for ornamental rabbits; S3, optimizing feeding frequency and feeding amount, including the following steps: 1) Optimize feeding frequency and feed at three time points every day: morning, noon and evening; 2) Optimize the feeding amount, supply at a fixed time and in a fixed quantity, draw a feed intake curve, clarify the daily feed intake of ornamental rabbits, and formulate the feeding amount ratio at each time point based on the daily feed intake, that is, 4:2:

4. Multiple meals are conducive to nutrient digestion and absorption, and fixed quantity is conducive to preventing indigestion caused by excessive feeding.

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