In recent years, with the development of market economy, service donkeys have developed into meat donkeys, which will become one of the main sources for human beings to obtain animal protein in 2 1 century. Donkey meat is a fashionable meat product, which is called "dragon meat in the sky and donkey meat on the ground". Donkey skin is also the main raw material of Ejiao, a tonic for cooking precious Chinese herbal medicines and a raw material for light industrial products. Donkeys are herbivores with strong disease resistance, roughage tolerance, easy feeding, good management and low investment, which is very suitable for farmers to raise on a small scale. At present, a meat donkey can earn more than 1000 yuan, which is a new project to get rich.

At present, mad cow disease and foot-and-mouth disease have appeared in some European countries, and Europeans are afraid to eat cattle, sheep and pork. Donkey meat has become one of the main meats selected by Europeans. Therefore, meat donkey production has broad development prospects and sales market. Fattening donkeys are chosen because of the lack of excellent breeding donkeys, which leads to inbreeding, small size, low meat production performance and poor economic benefits. Therefore, we should choose excellent breeds with big body, fast growth, more meat and good meat quality or improve the donkeys crossed with these excellent breeds for fattening. The large donkey breeds in China are related to local excellent breeds such as Lv Zhong donkey, dezhou donkey donkey, Biyang donkey, Hexi donkey and Gami donkey. These donkey breeds have the characteristics of fast growth, large size, strong disease resistance, strong physique, good meat production performance and obvious hybridization advantages. There are three ways to keep meat donkeys in captivity: tying, keeping and stocking.

Ordinary barns can be used. The new barn should be built in a place with flat terrain, sunny lee and sufficient water. The size of the barn depends on the scale. It is well ventilated in summer and should be built in a cold and warm place in winter. The barn is equipped with a trough and drinking utensils. The feed formula has strong adaptability to the scientific feeding of meat donkeys and is resistant to roughage. Forage is green roughage, such as cereals, corn stalks, peanut vines, sweet potato vines and various weeds. The concentrate is a mixture of soybean meal, peanut cake, cottonseed cake, corn, sorghum, barley and wheat. The length of roughage should be 2-3 cm, and concentrate should be crushed, baked and soaked to improve palatability and digestion and utilization. Feeding shall be conducted in a tethered way, in a fixed tank, and in separate tanks for males and females. The feeding frequency shall be small, 3-4 times a day, and you can drink freely after eating. Fattening of young donkeys Young donkeys can eat tender grass about 3 weeks after birth. Generally, you can train to 20 days old to eat concentrate. Corn, sorghum, wheat and soybean can be crushed and boiled into porridge feed, and a small amount of sugar can be added to induce feeding. During this period, breastfeeding is the main thing, supplemented by feeding. The daily feeding amount can be increased to10-20g, and it can be increased to 80g-65430g in a few days. After 9 months of age, feed 3.5 kilograms of concentrate every day. On the basis of routine feeding, adult donkeys are fattened in a short time by using 12 ~ 15-month-old shelf donkeys or donkeys that cannot be put into use. In addition to stopping service, mixed concentrate feed should be increased. Feed high-quality forage for free, feed it 3 ~4 times a day, and sell it in 2 ~ 3 months.