Rabbit Production (9th Edition)
Rabbit Production is widely recognized as a source of up-to-date information for highly experienced rabbit raisers as well as beginners. Changes of publishers and our scientific knowl- edge of rabbit production methods have necessitated a revision to offer the most current infor- mation to our...
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| Tóm tắt: | Rabbit Production is widely recognized as a source of up-to-date information for highly
experienced rabbit raisers as well as beginners. Changes of publishers and our scientific knowl-
edge of rabbit production methods have necessitated a revision to offer the most current infor-
mation to our readers.
We have tried to write in a style that will be useful to people interested in rabbits, regardless
of educational background. We hope that after reading this book you will have gained knowledge
that will be useful to you in your rabbit raising endeavors. Because our new publisher (CAB
International) is located in the UK, we have had to change all of our units to metric (grams, liters,
meters, etc.) We have included a conversion table as Appendix 1.
Use of rabbits as a food and income resource in developing countries continues to increase,
with expanding interest in Eastern Europe and in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The ability of
rabbits to reproduce and yield high quality meat on low quality diets based on forages and agri-
cultural by-products, as well as their modest housing requirements, makes them well suited for
subsistence agriculture.
In the United States and Canada, rabbits continue to be valued as a hobby and as a source
of secondary income. With the current market structure, few people make their primary living
from rabbits, but the enjoyment of rearing rabbits and the income and satisfaction from providing
food or fiber make rabbits an inviting species. Rabbit raising is popular with youth programs and
as a small-scale family enterprise because of the small size and the small investment. In addition,
rabbits can be reared in many cities and towns where other livestock cannot be kept.
This book is founded on the collective many years of experience of the authors. J.I. McNitt
spent a number of years in Africa as a rabbit specialist and was the leader of a rabbit research
program at Southern University and A&M College. The primary goal of the research center was
to assist small, limited resource farmers with production problems. As a result, most of his
research was aimed at production – housing, feeding, management, etc. He retired in 1998 but
remains active in writing and editing rabbit publications. N.M. Patton conducted rabbit disease
research for 25 years. He has also been a consultant to a large commercial rabbitry for the past
10 years, during which time he has experienced most of the problems that rabbit raisers can
encounter. In 1993, he was elected President of the World Rabbit Science Association. He retired
from Oregon State University in 1996. S.D. Lukefahr has also operated his own rabbitry and
has worked for many years in over 20 developing countries (especially in Africa and Latin
America), where he promoted rural or village-level rabbit farming. |
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