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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Mechanicaldisease

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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