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Coccidia:
Infects rabbit’s liver and intestine.
Symptoms: Not eating, rough coat. It is also possible for the
rabbit to show no symptoms.
Diagnosis: based on history, isolation and identification of
causative agent.
Treatment: Possible with medicated water.
Larval Worm Infection
This particular infection can
affect dogs, as well as the rabbits, because rabbits host two types of canine
tapeworm at the larva stage. If a dog eats an infected rabbit, the dog will be
the final host of the tapeworm.
Mite Infestation
Ear mites infest rabbit world
wide.
Symptoms: Head shaking, ear flapping, and scratching at ears.
Diagnosis: Based on isolation and identification of the mite on a
direct slide under microscope.
Treatment: Ears should be cleaned with cerumenolytic agents. Then
the proper medication should be applied.
Other Mites/Sarcoptes Scabiei
Burrow into the skin and
lay eggs.
Symptoms: constant scratching of themselves.
Diagnosis: Based on scraping the skin and looking at it under
microscope.
Treatment: Topical or oral medication.
Pinworms
By the rabbit ingesting contaminated food
and/or water.
Symptom: Rabbit will continually try to rub its back end, and
scratch/bite at it.
Diagnosis: Based on identification of parasite’s egg in feces, or
adult worm on autopsy.
Treatment: Oral medication.
Shope Fibroma
A tumor caused by a virus; found on the
legs, feet, and ears.
Papilloma - manifest in two forms:
- The oral papilloma lesion consists of small, grayish white warts on the
lower surface of the tongue or floor of the mouth.
- The second type is characterized as horny warts on the neck, shoulders,
ears, or abdomen.
Rabbit Pox
Symptoms: Shows fever, nasal and conjunctiva (eye) discharge, and
skin rash.
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