Rabbit production in bulgaria
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Introduction
- Rabbit breeding is a small sector in Bulgarian animal production with big potential, because of: the good conditions for producing big quantity of rabbit meat in the country, absence of European limiting quotas and expanding of market needs of rabbit meat.
- The bigger farms are located in Central North and Central South regions of Bulgaria, in which part are situated slaughterhouses.
- The rabbits are 99.4% in the private sector and only 0.6 in government structure.
Farms with/ Farme sa:
- Country consumption needs of meat in one side, but in the other, there are very good precondition for expanding this sector to be able to produce enough quantity rabbit meat for export to other countries.
- The basic problem there is uncontrolled microclimatic parameters.
- The does which are fed with low energy ration with high fiber level have better body composition which decreased their energy deficit in first lactation (Xiccato, et al.,1999).
- There are not the strict prophylactic systems, but more of the farms apply vaccination against hemorrhagic diseases one or two time of the year, coccidiostatics in forage or in water, desinsection and disinfection every month.
Conclusions
- As a whole it can say that the Bulgarian rabbit production is in extensive stage, but the legislation base is fully synchronized with requirement of European Union.
- To change it as intensive or semi intensive it need to improve selection and feeding systems, to concentrate the farm, and to build new more modern farms with control systems of microclimatic parameters and which covered veterinarian requirements.
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...New Zealand White and Californian breed represent the majority of the rabbit population in the country (Dimitrova et al., 2008)....
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...In Bulgaria, the majority of rabbits are bred in small rabbit farms (Dimitrova et al. 2008)....
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...In Bulgaria, the majority of rabbits are bred in small rabbit farms (Dimitrova et al. 2008). Generally, the breeders use an extensive reproductive cycle and the does are mated few days post weaning of litter. The specialists, who work in professional rabbit farms, use a hormonal synchronization of estrus in order to realize on the market large batches of rabbits. The benefits and disadvantages of using are well – known. The hormonal treatments with Pregnant mare serum gonadotropin (PMSG) increase sexual receptivity, fertility, prolificacy (+5-10%), but PMSG treatment does not improve reproductive performance in non-lactating and receptive does and decrease fertility after several usage, because of antigenic properties and increase mortality rate of newborn rabbits (Maertens et al. 1995). According to Rommers et al. (2001), there also seems to be evidence that females born in smaller litters showed better reproductive performance than those from larger litters....
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