(a)Steaming up and flushing.
Steaming up is the provision of extra high quality feed to an animal during the last weeks of
gestation while flushing is the provision of high quality feed to an animal a few weeks before and after
mating.
(b)Kindling and farrowing.
Kindling –is the act of giving birth of a rabbit while farrowing is giving birth of a pig.
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