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I also hope you do not have a relapse, but I would still have a necropsy done. It will give you the ease of mind knowing what it was and how to prevent further problems with your babies.

I agree. Take a kit or 2 to a vet and they sent a dead 12 week old to the vet school in my state and did a necropsy. Well worth the money if you want to find out what it is and how to avoid more deaths. Good luck!

I just can’t imagine butchering them when they are only half grown. Good luck!

I forgot to mention that you need to get a Meat Distributor License from the USDA also. Which is fairly easy.

We are fortunate that my husband is able to help them to keep the cost down. $7 per rabbit.

I take my meat rabbits to a local butchering facility and gets inspected by a USDA inspector while they are getting dispatched. We freeze the whole carcass and deliver them to the restaurants. You need to have a Meat Distribution License to do this. Farm to Table restaurants love them. Check...

Totally agree.

What breed of rabbit do you get a 3.5-4# carcass at 12 weeks?

We process our meat rabbits at around 16 weeks.

$10 a per pound dressed. $35 to $40 per animal.

$10 per pound.

So I treated all of my rabbits for Coccidiosis with the medication the vet gave me. I have not lost any more rabbits even the juveniles. I will let you all know next spring how we do.

I married a fella that grew up on a farm. They raised several species of animals in addition to milking cows, raising pigs,chickens for meat and eggs and rabbits. We have been supplying venison to upscale restaurants in Milwaukee and was approached with the prospect of raising meat rabbits to...

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Any input on a preventive? I don’t think an antibiotic is the long term solution. Or is there no solution? I have my rabbits in an old dairy barn and it’s not possible to sanitize everything.

The results are in from UW Madison from the necropsy. It’s coccidiosis😞 The vet has me giving corid for treatment and a preventive. I might try a feed additive as a preventive also. A friend of ours bought some rabbits at an auction a few years back and that is when we started having problems...

I hope so too. The vets thought is overeating as the cause which builds bacteria in the gut.

I hope it is the type of Clostridium that the vaccine will help build an immunity. It’s been a literal nightmare trying everything we could think of to keep our rabbits healthy and happy. Thank you for your help!

I finally found a vet that would come to my farm to check sick rabbits. Almost 3 months old same as the rest that have died. Lost one yesterday. 2 more are sick today. The vet thinks it may be clostridium. One of the deceased rabbits is getting sent to UW Madison Vet School for a necropsy for...