Causes of infertility in rabbits
I. Functional infertility
1. The rabbit is too old and has lost the ability to reproduce. It is recommended that owners choose breeding rabbits aged 0.5-2.5 for breeding.
2. If female rabbits do not participate in breeding for a long time, it is easy to cause ovarian atrophy, resulting in temporary loss of reproductive function, thus leading to infertility. In this case, the owner can adopt feeding malt or inject aphrodisiac into the female rabbit to stimulate the ovarian activity of the female rabbit. When the female rabbit is in heat, the male rabbit with a strong sex drive can be mated with it. The female rabbit can usually regain reproductive capacity after a few mating stimulations.
3. Infertility caused by diseases of reproductive organs. If the female rabbit suffers from ovarian cysts, vaginitis, genital hypoplasia, and other reproductive organ diseases, it may lead to infertility of the female rabbit. Even if the female rabbit is cured, it is not suitable for use as a seed reserve.
Second nutritional infertility.
Rabbit nutritional infertility is mainly due to unscientific feeding and management, feed Single, certain essential nutrients in the diet, such as protein, vitamin deficiencies, female rabbits are too fat or thin, etc. Therefore, the owner must maintain the diversification of the rabbit feed and supply the rabbit with minerals and trace elements in time. Usually, it is best to use full-price compound feed to feed rabbits. If it is difficult to do so, you can add some concentrated feeds such as cooked soybeans and bean dregs for nutritional supplements in the first half of the month of breeding rabbits. In addition, timely response to the situation of rabbits that are too fat and too thin to prevent the problem of fat and thinness from affecting the breeding of rabbits.
III. Other types of infertility
1. The breeding method used is inappropriate. The correct method of breeding rabbits should be: to put the female rabbit in heat into the male rabbit cage and let the male rabbit crawl across the female rabbit to mate. And implement the compound method, that is, let the same male rabbit mate with it 6 to 8 hours after the first mating of the female rabbit.
2. No measures were taken to assist the mating of rabbits artificially. If the long-haired rabbit is mated, its hair is relatively long, it is likely to affect its breeding. It is best for the owner to shear it half a month before the breeding properly. When long-haired rabbits are mated, the owner needs to take paving measures to make them successfully bred. When breeding long-haired rabbits, the owner can tie the tail of the female rabbit with a string to prevent her tail from affecting her mating. Generally, when the rabbit finishes mating, the male rabbit will make a cooing sound and then fall to one side. At this time, the owner can make the rear drive of the female rabbit a little too high and gently pat the buttocks to prevent the semen from flowing out. If the semen comes out, it will cause the female rabbit to be bred and not get pregnant.
The above is our analysis of the causes of infertility in adult rabbits and the introduction of some related prevention measures. I hope it can help you!
