INVESTMENT POTENTIAL OF RABBIT MEAT (LAPAN)

Rabbit could be the food of the future. They are fully herbivores, disease-free conditions quickly grow and thrive in clean. Plus, with their exceptional reproductive ability is fast enough to keep up with demand. Rabbits are quiet and easy to keep in sanitary conditions, and thus make an excellent source of meat in small or even urban areas. A single doe will have multiple litters every year and those litters will reach breeding age within a month that means a rabbit can produce six pound of meat on the same amount of feed and water it takes a cow to produce just one pound. On a small scale they’re the easiest animal to raise they’re easy to process. You don’t have to pluck them, they’re easy to kill, and you can pretty much eat all of them.

Rabbit is the highest protein% of all meats. It has only 795 calories per pound. Rabbit meat is more filling and easier to digest than other meat. Its cholesterol level is much lower than chicken, turkey, beef and pork. It has been used and suitable for special diets, such as those for the heart disease patients, diets for aged, low sodium diets, weight reduction diets, etc.

A 3 ounce serving of rabbit also provides you with 22.4 percent of the phosphorus you need in your daily meal plan. This mineral account for 1 percent of our total body weight and influence the body’s ability to use carbohydrates and fats, as well as the repair of the cells, tissues, bone metabolism and health. Cuniculture  is the agricultural practice of breeding and raising domestic rabbits, usually for their meat, fur, or wool. This differs from the simplier practice of keeping a single or small group of rabbits as companions, without selective breeding, reproduction, or the care of young animals.

With the meat situation what it is and the economy in turmoil now is a good time to consider the rabbit business. The best way I know to put good food on the table and money in your pocket, without a large investment, is raising rabbits. The profits can come in many ways: You can sell the urine for laboratory use, the manure for fertilizer or worm growing, even the feet for good luck charms. Meat, however, is by far the most important product.

Rabbits have been raised for meat production in a variety of settings around the world. Small-scale smallholder or backyard operations remain common in many countries, while larger scale commercial operations occur in Europe and Asia. The primary qualities of good meat rabbit breeding stock are growth rate and mothering ability. Uniform growth rates & size at slaughter are also considered important factors. Specific lines of commercial breeds have been developed that maximize these qualities - rabbits may be slaughtered as early as seven weeks and does of these strains routinely raise litters of 8 to 12 kits. Other breeds of rabbit developed for commercial meat production include the Florida White and the Altex.