Rex rabbit, scientific name Rexrabbit, is a typical skin rabbit. Because its fur is soft and dense, resembling a otter, it is commonly known as Rex Rabbit in our country. With the improvement of people's living standards and the increase of awareness of wildlife protection, Rex rabbit skin has become a high-grade suede material that replaces wild animal hides and has high economic value. At present, the price of first-class cooked skin is 60-70 yuan per sheet, 40-50 yuan for second-class cooked skin, and 20- 30 yuan for third-class cooked skin. The international fur market has great demand for high-quality rex rabbits, especially in markets such as the United States, Japan, Europe and Hong Kong and Macau. China Rex Rabbit Breeding has covered dozens of provinces across the country. Rex rabbit fur products have entered the international market and have created a large amount of foreign exchange for the country. The purpose of feeding rabbits is to produce high quality rabbit skin while producing rabbit meat. After experiencing high prices from the peak of 2004 to early 2005, the price of rabbit skins fell from wave to wave in 2005-2006, and the recent market price has fallen by 15%-20% compared with the same period in 2004. While prices are falling, the quality requirements are tightening. The basic trend of the current market is: a special grade of leather is still well-selling, the middle of the skin appears to be slow-moving, no one cares about the lower level of the third-grade leather. Recently, many rabbit farms produce only 60% to 70% of hides, and the remaining parts are “defectives†and cause pressure storage. It can be seen that due to the maturity of the market and the development of the industry, people have put forward higher requirements for the quality of rabbit fur. The quality of rabbit skin is basically in short supply, while the market for low quality hides is shrinking. The fur quality has become the development of the rabbit industry. bottleneck". This article reviews and analyzes the factors affecting the quality of Rex rabbit fur and the improvement measures for the reference of the rabbit breeding and scientific personnel. Factors affecting the quality of Rex rabbit fur There are many factors affecting rex rabbit fur quality, including breed, nutrition and feed, disease prevention, slaughter and debarking, and processing methods. Variety selection Breeding factors are the key to determining fur quality. If the breed is not pure, the breed is degenerate or the body shape becomes small, it will directly affect the color of the fur, lose the original color characteristics, there is a mixture of hair color, villi is sparse, the density is reduced, the flatness is poor, the area of ​​the skin is small, etc. Rex rabbit fur quality does not meet the requirements. According to general rules, the rex rabbit has a large body shape, large area of ​​fur, and high commodity value. Therefore, it is important to pay attention to the breeding and breeding of rabbit breeds. We must strictly eliminate rabbits that do not meet the standard of breeding rabbits and breed high-quality core rabbit breeds to effectively improve the quality of rabbit fur.
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