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case of a disease outbreak, the buildings must be disinfected.
Foot disinfection for visitors visiting irnits is desired and this is
achieved by putting a footbath at the entrance of the house.
Always use a veterinarian
Effective health control programs in rabbits calls fbr
cooperation between the farmer and veterinarians.
9.0 RECORDS AND RECORD KEEPING
9.6 Why is records keeping important
Record keeping is important because records:
Provide an early warning of developing problems
0 Provide clues to basic weaknesses in your management program
e Provide information for budgeting purposes
Are used to monitor health of the rabbits
Are used to identi5 major costs
Permit a comparison with other producers
o Provide a basis for seasonal adjustments in management
Records must be as simple as possible to facilitate understanding by the users
of the records. They must be ke~t where they are easily accessible and in a
way which minimizes trans6 one record sheet to another
9.2 Types of records
Records are broadly a :d into individual general arid
financial Records
0 Individual records
These include: Animal number, age, breeding date, health status,
date of birth, weight at birth, growth rate and weight at weaning.
These records are used in culling of non-productive animals and
selecting potential breedei
e General records
In these records the ~g information is kept: Feed
consumption by different classes of rabbits, new purchases. death
losses per period, numbel : of rabl: ,its bred, kindling and number of
times bred.