Key Precautions for Rabbit Group Deworming

Important Considerations for Deworming Rabbit Groups

1. Prevent Accumulation and Fermentation of Rabbit Feces During Deworming: To avoid contamination of the rabbit shed environment and equipment, the owner should promptly treat the feces with fresh lime milk to ensure cleanliness.

2. Carry Out Deworming for the Entire Group: This is crucial to prevent crosscontamination and ensure thorough deworming.

3. Eliminate Mites from the Rabbit's Living Environment: During deworming, it's essential for the owner to thoroughly remove mites from the rabbit's living space. Even if the rabbit is dewormed, a miteinfested environment can lead to repeated infections.

4. Gastrointestinal Care During Deworming: The owner should also pay attention to the rabbit's gastrointestinal health, as the rabbit's absorption of medication can significantly impact deworming effectiveness. To ensure the best results, the owner can use probiotics to regulate the rabbit's gut during deworming.

5. Selecting the Right Deworming Agent: Parasites like mites, whipworms, roundworms, and hookworms are major threats to rabbit farms. It's best to choose a newgeneration, broadspectrum, highefficiency, and safe deworming medication that can simultaneously expel both internal and external parasites. Ivermectin and avermectin are particularly effective against mites.

For internal parasites such as ascarid larvae and trichuris, fenbendazole and albendazole are recommended. These drugs are highly effective against migrating larvae, tapeworms, cysticerci, and nematodes, and also help inhibit the hatching of eggs.

Summary:

For both internal and external parasites in rabbits, a combination of ivermectin and albendazole tends to yield better results. It's best to opt for a combined deworming medication to avoid using toxic deworming agents like levamisole and dipterex. Additionally, be cautious with dosages to prevent either underdosing or overdosing, which can affect deworming effectiveness.

6. Timing of Deworming: The first deworming for kits should be done at around 40 days of age. Mix the deworming medication with feed and administer it for a week. This typically kills adult worms and larvae but may not eliminate eggs. Since it takes about 12 days for scabies mites to develop from eggs to larvae, a second round of deworming should be administered 7 to 10 days after the first, to kill larvae that have hatched and developed. Early deworming can significantly boost the growth rate of young rabbits.

Dr. Oxygen Pet Tips:

It's best to deworm breeding rabbits every quarter, using deworming medication mixed with feed for a week. Repeat the deworming after 12 days to prevent reinfection. Moreover, damp weather can increase the risk of scabies, so it's important to take preventive measures in advance!