AVS 324 Lecture Notes - Digestion, Coccidiostat, Protozoa
10 Sep 2013
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Feed conversion: 4:1 (4 lbs food to have 1 lb of weight gain) Rabbits have a cecum but the large intestines don"t absorb much. Cecatrophs: type of waste that rabbits re-eat (from cecum), once it is re-eaten the small intestine can absorb the nutrients. Females mature at 6 months old, males aren"t mature until 7-12 months old. Rabbits are seasonally polyestrous (can get them to come into heat by manipulating light) When breeding put the female in the male"s cage rather than the male in the female"s cage. Need to put a nesting box in with the doe when she is going to kindle, the kits are very fragile (doe pulls out fur for bedding) Handler needs to have the doe used to their smell because otherwise if a human touches her kits she"ll smell the scent and kill the kits.
