Chapter 14 Infectious Diseases of Domestic Rabbits Introduction Domestic rabbits are susceptible to a number of infectious diseases: parasitic, bacterial and viral. An overview of the commoner infections may be…
Chapter 13 General Surgical Principles and Neutering Anaesthesia and postoperative care are covered in Chapter 4. Endoscopy in rabbits is summarized in Table 13.1. Table 13.1 Endoscopy in rabbits As…
Chapter 2 Clinical Pathology 2.1 Haematology and biochemistry As rabbits are used extensively for toxicological and physiological studies, there is a lot of information about the effects of experimental infections,…
Chapter 15 Post-mortem Examination of Rabbits Post-mortem examinations are an essential part of veterinary practice and, as such, drive forward the evolution of rabbit medicine. In addition to informing and…
Chapter 12 Urogenital Diseases 12.1 Anatomy of the urogenital tract The anatomy of the urogenital tract is illustrated by Barone et al. (1973). The rabbit kidney is unipapillate with extensive…
Chapter 9 Ophthalmic Diseases 9.1 Ocular anatomy and physiology Rabbits have large, prominent eyes that are positioned on the side of the head with a cornea that occupies approximately 25%…
Chapter 3 Therapeutics 3.1 Special considerations when prescribing for rabbits At the time of writing (2012), there are 37 drugs authorized for use in rabbits in the UK. These include…
Chapter 4 Anaesthesia and Analgesia 4.1 Challenges encountered when anaesthetizing rabbits Anaesthetizing rabbits is perceived by many vets and owners as a high-risk procedure; however, recent advances in anaesthetic drugs…
Fig. 1 Left eye of the dog with chronic quantitative tear deficiency. Note hyperemia and thick discharges, vascularized and opaque cornea (chronic keratitis) The cornea is a highly differentiated tissue…
