At company cuniculture course
We hold technical training courses at our clients’ facilities.
By using the on-line video course and holding practical classes, we will design the type of training courses for each client or group of rabbit farmers, with tailor-made contents.
Through our customised training courses you will achieve:
- An overall outlook on working at a rabbit farm.
- Practical knowledge about the work and processes.
- Organisation of tasks to optimise resources.
- Training for the logistics organisation for meat production.
- Data management. Objectives. Production costs.
- Knowledge about obtaining semen doses and other complementary tasks.
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In Company rabbit farming course programme
Rabbit Farm Management
- Management in bands / organisation of farm work.
- Managing re-breeding of future breeding does.
- Receiving animals from selection farms.
- Preparing females for artificial insemination.
- Checking does and hormone treatment.
- Artificial insemination.
- Palpation for pregnancy testing.
- Preparing and caring for kindling.
- Preparing and caring for nesting.
- Controlled lactation.
- Weaning
- Managing fattening / sales to slaughter houses and sale of animals for further life.
Other farm tasks
- Injecting: subcutaneous, intramuscular…
- Prevention of mouth parasites.
- Applying sprays to legs.
- Cleaning: sweeping, cleaning cages, nests…
- Disinfection: using different types of machines.
- Receiving visits at your farm.
- Sexing young animals.
Insemination techniques
- Procedure for handling bucks
- Health programme
- Checking animals.
- Bio-safety Regulations.
- Semen handling procedure
- Extracting semen.
- Diluting and macroscopic inspection of ejaculate.
- Microscopic inspection, preparing the pool and sperm count.
- Bottling semen doses.
Pathology, prophylaxis and therapy
- Diagnosis
- Autopsies
- Sample taking for laboratories. Laboratory diagnosis
- Medical and hygiene prophylaxis
- Methods of administration
Technical / Economic Management
- Data compilation on individual doe and buck datasheets
- Band control sheets / lactation and fattening period control
- Management of specific meat farm software
- Production indicators: Units of measure – control frequency – reference value. Production costs
- Individual objectives. Production control. Corrective / preventive measures.
Genetic improvement
- Importance of genetic improvement
- Differences between genetic lines: meat lines and breeding doe lines. Heterosis.
- Three-way cross-breeding.
- Selecting breeding does.
- Managing data from cross-breeding, weighing individuals in meat lines. Software for genetic selection.
Bio-safety
- Preventive measures to minimise health risks in:
- Farms
- Animals
- Food and water
- Personnel and health rules
- Materials
- Medication
- Biocides and phytosanitary products
- Waste management
- Cleaning and disinfection
Managing nutrition
- Distributing food
- Fodder
- Rationing
- Growth curves
- Feeding programmes
The training sessions for in-person rabbit farming courses are delivered by Vets or Agricultural Engineers specialising in each subject, whereas the rest of the sessions are delivered by Granja Jordán staff at your facilities.