›› 1996, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (3,4): 134-136.

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Experience of Inducing Labor at Expected Time in Rabbits

  

  1. 1.Laboratory Animal Center of Shandong Province,Jinan 250062;.Husbandry and Veteranary Headquarters of Shandong Province;3.Niuquan Breeding Rabbitry,Laihu,Shandong
  • Online:1996-03-25 Published:1996-03-25

Abstract: In order to avoid the deliveries of rabbits at night that always give rise to losses due to negligent postpartum care, the author recommended a method of inducing labor in parturient rabbits at daytime by depilating their chest and abdominal wall and introducing 3-5 sucklings of 1 -8 day - old to the doe to suck her breast for 5 min. Generally labor would take place within 1/2h in about 97% of the does after above treatment. The survival rate of the litters reached 96%.

Key words: Rabbit, Inducing labor, Survival rate