JF RABBITS: FOREMOST RABBIT BREEDER IN NIGERIA

We’ve been living with them for as long as we can remember. From the days man hunted them for meat till now that we raise them in our backyard for meat.     Cottontail rabbit   Rabbits are a burrowing animal, which has long ears and a tail. A male rabbit is called a buck, a female rabbit is called a doe and the children are known as kittens. They are usually reared for their meat, wool, fur and even urine/manure. Their meat is considered as white meat and more suitable for special diet people.   The rabbit meat is highly touted because cholesterol and fat levels in rabbit are much lower; almost zero (nonexistent). For this reason, rabbit meat is being used and is suitable for special diets such as those for heart disease patients, diet for the aged, low sodium diet, weight reduction diet etc.   Why should you raise rabbits in your back yard? Bad economy, the huge gap between demand and supply of rabbit meat, rate of unemployment, grotesqu...

Prevention of diseases in rabbits Some basic steps to prevent disease problems in your herd are: Try to avoid buying at the marketplace where many unknown germs come together. Try to buy from respected breeders, or farmers with clean housing and healthy looking animals. Inspect the animals anyway and after bringing them home keep them separated from your other animals (quarantine) for at least 2 weeks. Make routine checks on the health of your animals on the following points: Check nose, eyelids, ear edges for mange (little crusts), inside the ear for ear mite. Check the manure. It should be dry not somewhat pasty. Feel the stomach, to check that it is not spongy. This requires some practice. Check nose and front legs, certain coughs produce a kind of snot which then makes the front legs dirty. Check for the smell in the hutch, diarrhea /enteritis often causes a dirty smell. When the doe is lactating she is under stress and more liable to ...

If you really want to eat healthy Switch to Rabbit

Rabbit meat nutritional value    Why health experts subscribe to rabbit meat It is one of the best white meats available in the market today. The meat has a high percentage of easily digestible protein. It contains the least amount of fat among all the other available meets. Rabbit meat contains less calorie value than other meats. Rabbit meat is almost cholesterol free and therefore heart patient friendly. The sodium content of rabbit meat is comparatively less than other meats. The calcium and phosphorus contents of this meat or more than any other meats. The ratio of me to bone is high meaning there is more edible meat on the carcass than even a chicken. Rabbit meat with the many health benefits does not have a strong flavor and is comparable to chicken but not identical. Rabbits are one of the most productive domestic livestock animal there is. Rabbits can produce 6 pounds of meat on the same feed and water as the cow will produce 1 ...

Dressed rabbit meat Rabbit meat is categorized under white meat and it is fine in texture. Rabbit meat can be prepared in the same way as chicken meat – grilled, roasted, fried or stewed. Rabbit meat is widely recommended because: