ACCELERATED RABBIT KEEPING AND BREEDING METHOD Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture, in particular, rabbit farming. SUBSTANCE: method involves providing daily access of rabbits to feed and heated water; pairing female rabbits in buck rabbit cell provided with maximum comfortable conditions the 64th-72nd day after giving birth to baby rabbits, on the basis of rabbit working cycle of 100 days; preparing birth giving nest 10-15 days before birth giving; providing artificial, for instance electric, heating of nest 2-3 days before birth giving, with outside air temperature being below +10 C; providing differential transfer of baby rabbits from mother or feeder, that is: buck rabbits are separated from primiparous female rabbit beginning from 78th day of birth giving, preferably the 87th day depending on number of baby rabbits, and from other female rabbits - beginning from the 72nd to the 83rd day from birth giving day, preferably on the 80th day; female baby rabbits are separated 10 days before following birth giving of female rabbits-mothers or other feeding rabbits; settling buck rabbits in personal cells 110 days after birth. Animals of 122-150 day age having weight of 4-5 kg may be realized for reproduction, fur and meat production, with season, rabbit sex and fur mature extent being taken into account. EFFECT: increased efficiency by profitable year-round breeding, improved disease resistance, reduced murrain factor, increased yield of high-quality fur and meat. 5 cl