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This non-commercial site aims at spreading current knowledge: description of diseases, its clinical signs, its diagnosis and proper and safe treatment, surgical procedure, radiographs with explanations, differentials. Information contained in MediRabbit.com is regularly updated, or new pages are added, to provide the latest knowledge on treatments, medication possibilities, etc. Rabbit medicine covers a fascinating but vast domain of topics. In order to illustrate the diseases, or help veterinarians, MediRabbit.com is always looking for pictures of rabbit diseases, X-rays, scan, microscopy, etc. Information found in these pages can be printed for personal use or for presentation to your veterinarian in order to discuss the issue with him. It has to be stressed that the info presented here is for educational purposes only

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Rabbit Diseases: BACTERIAL, INHERITED, MISCELLANEOUS, NEOPLASTIC, PARASITIC, VIRAL, ZOONOSES

Clinical Signs RHD damages the liver, intestines, and lymphatic tissue and causes significant hemorrhage (bleeding) into many different organs. The incubation period is about 24 to 48 hours. RHD predominantly affects adult rabbits and young adults (> 2 months of age) which die suddenly within 6 to 24 hours of the onset of fever with few clinical signs. Fever may be as high as 105

General Health, Health Management, Diseases & Conditions

This is a much debated topic, believe it or not!On one hand, most people want to see your set up and all your rabbits. Seems innocent enough, right? After all, they just want a pet, and you may be worried that they

Introduction Farm Assessment and Biosecurity Planning Animal Biosecurity Visitor Biosecurity Wildlife Biosecurity General Farm Biosecurity Practices Disease Fact Sheets Emergency Preparedness Just for Kids Additional Resources

general page on biosecurity, scroll down to see long diverse list of bio-agents and their sources

Alphabetical List of Disease Fact Sheets (These are PDF files and require Adobe Acrobat Reader1.) Anaplasmosis2 Bluetongue3 Bovine Leukosis Virus4 Bovine Tuberculosis5 Bovine Viral Diarrhea6 Brucellosis7 Campylobacteriosis8 Chronic Wasting Disease9 Contagious Mastitis10 Cryptosporidiosis11 E. coli O157:H712 Giardiasis13 Johne's Disease14 Leptospirosis15 Listeriosis16 Mad Cow Disease17 Mad Cow vs. Foot and Mouth Disease18 Neosporosis19 (caused by Neospora) Psoroptic Mange20 Rabies21 Ringworm22 Salmonellosis23 Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies18 Vesicular Stomatitis24 West Nile Virus25

" Each year, unwanted, former Easter rabbits fill local rabbit rescues and humane societies. The goal of the