Rabbit Livestock Cultivation - 1

History of rabbit

This livestock is at first wild animal difficult is tamed. Rabbit is tamed since 2000 year ago as a mean to beauty, and upon which food and as effort animal. Almost every country at has rabbit livestock because has tall relative body adaptation power so that can alive at almost whole world. Rabbit is developed at region with tall relative citizen population, also evoke different term, at Europe is called rabbit, Indonesia is called rabbit, java is called trewelu and as it.

Rabbit kind
Follow binominal system, rabbit nation classifieds as follows:

1. Order: lagomorpha
2. Kin: leporidae
3. Sub kin: leporine
4. Genus: lepus, orictolagus
5. Species: lepus spp. , orictolagus spp.

Kind general breeding is American Chinchilla, Angora, Belgian, Californian, Dutch, English Spot, Flemish giant, Havana, Himalayan, New Zealand red, white and black, Rex America. Local rabbit actually has come from Europe that mixes with kind other up to difficult identified again. Kind New Zealand white and Californian very good to meat production, while angora good to feather.

Rabbit benefit
Benefit that taken from rabbit feather and meat till now begins in great demand at market. Besides of that can be use for fertilizer, industry and livestock woof.

Location rules
Near water source, far from place of residence, free smoke disturbance, odors, clunk and protected from predators.

References:

1. Anonymous, 1986, Pemeliharaan Kelinci dan Burung Puyuh, Yasaguna, Jakarta.
2. Kartadisastra. HR, 1995, Beternak Kelinci Unggul, Kanisius, Yogyakarta.
3. Sarwono. B, 1985, Beternak Kelinci Unggul, Penebar Swadaya, Jakarta.
4. Yunus. M dan Minarti. S, 1990, Aneka Ternak, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang.

Contact Information:

1. Proyek Pengembangan Ekonomi Masyarakat Pedesaan – BAPPENAS Jl.Sunda Kelapa No. 7 Jakarta, Tel. 021 390 9829 , Fax. 021 390 9829
2. Kantor Menteri Negara Riset dan Teknologi, Deputi Bidang Pendayagunaan dan Pemasyarakatan Iptek, Gedung II BPPT Lantai 6, Jl. M.H.Thamrin No. 8, Jakarta 10340, Indonesia, Tel. +62 21 316 9166~69, Fax. +62 21 310 1952, Situs Web: http://www.ristek.go.id