Parasites affecting rabbits

Kim Chilson

Protozoal diseases	Hepatic and intestinal coccidiosis
	Coccidiosis: impression smear of liver tissue from a rabbit, by R. K. Al-Rukibat et al.
Intestinal parasitic roundworms	Parasitic worms: generalities - Nematode worms
	Dermatoxys veligera
	Graphidium strigosum
	Passalurus ambiguus
	Nematodirus leporis
	Obeliscoides cuniculi
	Trichostrongylus sp.
Intestinal parasitic tapeworms	Tapeworm: rabbit as an intermediate host
	Tapeworm: rabbit as a definitive host
Arachnid skin parasites	Ear mite: Psoroptes cuniculi
	Fur mites: Cheyletiella parasitovorax and Listrophorus gibbus
	Less Common Fur Mites: Trombicula autumnalis and Dermanyssus gallinae
	Burrowing mites: Sarcoptes scabiei and Notoedres cati
	Ticks in rabbits
Detail of rabbit foot with tick gripped to fur
Insect skin parasites	Fleas and rabbits
	Myiasis (fly-strike) and rabbits
	Video: Vetstoria - Fly Strike In Rabbits (1): Symptoms and Treatment
	Video: Vetstoria - Fly Strike In Rabbits (2): Prevention
	Myiasis by botfly (Cuterebra sp.) in rabbits

Thanks to Kim Chilson, for her lovely illustrations

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