Nutritional value of Rabbit meatWritten by Robert Oni
Average Nutritional Content of Rabbit meat is: Calories – 300g (18% from Fat, 82% form protein & 0% from Carbohydrate); Total Fat – 4.1g (2.3g Lipid Fat, 0.7g Saturated Fat, 0.6g Monosaturated Fat, 0.4g polysaturated Fat & 86mg Cholesterol; Sodium – 40mg; Carbohydrate – 0g; Dietary Fat – 0g; Sugar – 0; Protien – 41.9g, Calcium – 12mg; Water – 58.9; Ash – 1.1; Alcohol & Caffeine – 0. Nutritional Value of Edible Meats: Rabbit (% Protein – 20.8, % Fat – 4.5, Calories/Ib – 795) Veal (% Protein – 19.1, % Fat – 12, Calories/Ib – 840) Chicken (% Protein – 20.0, % Fat – 17.9, Calories/Ib – 810) Turkey (% Protein – 20.1, % Fat – 20, Calories/Ib – 1,190)
| | Procedure for Rearing broiler and layer poultry birds In AfricaWritten by Robert Oni
PROJECT PLANNING Before starting a project, four important criteria should be considered: - Capital - Farm - Management - Marketing These four important criteria should come together in order to achieve success and also farmer's attitude towards project. If one of criteria is not met, most probably will end up with failure. CAPITAL Before starting a project, capital needed are as follows: Fixed Cost - Barn included building fees (Area for 1 bird – 1 Square foot) - Water tank (together with pvc join) - Heater (1 small hoover = 500 day old chick) - Water drinkers for chick (4 units = 100 birds) - Feed troughs for chick (long trough: 3 units = 100 birds) - Automatic drinkers (2 units = 100 birds) - Feed troughs – hanging (2 units = 100 birds) - Store for keeping apparatus and feed - Other expenditures (unexpected) Current Cost - Day old chicks - Poultry feed – starter, developer (in layers) and finisher - Electricity/diesel/water - Vaccine and medicine - Building depreciation (5 years) - Apparatus depreciation (3 years) - Bank loan interest - Other expenditures (unexpected) FARM Choosing Of Area - Sufficient area of land - Good irrigation - Preferable higher land so that air ventilation is good - Far from human activities, have good road connection, electricity supply, and clean water supply and free from chicken enemies for e.g. wild animals - Do not mix with other kinds of poultry such as duck and village chicken - Far form housing estates - Near to market place Housing Design and System The barn should have following criteria: - Good air ventilation to dry up moisture and minimize ammonia gas from feaces. - The size of barn should be suitable with number of chicken reared. Do not build barn that is too small or too bid because it is not profitable. The suitable size is 1 square foot per bird. For e.g. 5000 birds need 5000 square feet. Suggested dimension of barn: 25feet x 200feet (1 barn) or 25feet x 100feet (2 barns) - Location of barn, East – West direction, in order to avoid from direct hot sun. Housing System Can be divided into 2: - Raised floor system using cages - Deep litter system MANAGEMENT Either project will succeed or fail will depend on level of competent management. A competent farmer will look into all aspect of management in order to get maximum income with minimum expenditure. These management aspects should be seriously considered: Breed Selection: criteria of quality day old chick - Crive, bright round eyes, strong legs, stand steadily and have dry and soft feather - The size should not be too small and uniformity in size
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