Disorders of the gastro-intestinal system in rabbits

Kim Chilson

Recommended to ALL rabbit owners	Monitoring the weight of a rabbit, by Dr Amir Maurer
	Bunny 201, a course covering digestive disorders and first help for the affected rabbit, by Marlene Larkin and the Georgia House Rabbit Society.
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Differential diagnosis	Normal and abnormal fecal and cecal productions of rabbits in picture
	Ileus
	Differential diagnosis for megacolon in rabbits
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Biology of the digestive tract	Rabbit Gastro-Intestinal Physiology, by R. Rees Davies and J. A. E. Rees Davies
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Viral diseases	Anal or anorectal papilloma
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Bacterial diseases	Bacterial enteritis – diarrhea – in rabbits
	Use of GI stimulating drugs in rabbits suffering from diarrhea ?
	Be cautious, rabbit pseudotuberculosis is transferable to human beings, by Michel Gruaz
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Protozoal diseases	Hepatic and intestinal coccidiosis
	Coccidiosis: impression smear of liver tissue from a rabbit, by R. K. Al-Rukibat et al.
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Parasitic roundworms	Parasitic worms: Generalities - Nematode worms
	Dermatoxys veligera
	Graphidium strigosum
	Passalurus ambiguus or rabbit pinworms
	Nematodirus leporis
	Obeliscoides cuniculi
	Trichostrongylus sp.
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Parasitic flatworms (tapeworms)	Tapeworm: rabbit as an intermediate host
	Tapeworm: rabbit as a definitive host
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“Mechanical” disease	Bloat, with radiographs of the condition
	Megacolon, by D. Bödeker, O. Türk, E. Lovén, D. Wieberneit and W. Wegner
	Ileus in domestic rabbits, by D. Krempels, M. Cotter and G. Stanzione.
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Metabolic diseases	Diabetes
	Case report: hepatic steatosis (fatty liver) in a rabbit
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Congenital anomalies	Dubble or duplicate gallbladder in a harlequin breed rabbit, by Michel Gruaz
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Probiotics	Use of probiotics in rabbits
	Protective role of Lactobacillus casei in newborn rabbits
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Food related issues	Offspring feeding time (rabbit kits), with video
	Feeding the house rabbit 1: Hay, by Camilla Bergstrøm
	Feeding the house rabbit 2: Vegetables, by Camilla Bergstrøm (with 2 videos)
	Feeding the house rabbit 3: Herbs, by Camilla Bergstrøm
	Feeding the house rabbit 4: Fruit and Berries, by Camilla Bergstrøm
	Feeding the house rabbit 5: Flowers, by Camilla Bergstrøm
	Feeding the house rabbit 6: Twigs and Branches, by Camilla Bergstrøm
	Feeding the house rabbit 7: Pellets, by Camilla Bergstrøm
	Feeding the house rabbit, by Camilla Bergstrøm (in pfd form)
	Toxic plants, by Camilla Bergstrøm (in pfd form)
	Can rabbits eat yogurt or dairy products ?
	Can rabbits eat onion of garlic ?

Thanks to Kim Chilson, for her lovely illustrations

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