In order for your rabbit to develop properly and stay healthy, you should be aware of the causes of the most common diseases in these animals.
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Rabbits, whether they are pets or raised for agricultural purposes, have common diseases that cause the same causes. The main ones are the lack of proper care for the animals, unhealthy diet, parasites and viral infections. A large number of rabbits are characterized by outbreaks of diseases that are capable of destroying the vast majority of individuals in a short time.
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Diseases of rabbits caused by improper nutrition and care. Bloating is most common in these animals. In the language of veterinarians, it is called tympania. Its occurrence is due to various reasons, but all of them are based on improper care and feeding. Bloating in a rabbit can happen during the transfer of a pet from dry food to succulent food. As a rule, this is the spring-summer period. In winter, tympania can be caused by feeding the animal feed that is subject to rapid fermentation, rotten and rotted hay, and frozen root crops.
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Due to overheating of the room, lack of ventilation in it, improper placement of cages on the street, rabbits can experience heat or sunstroke. In this state, the animals refuse to feed, lie motionless on their stomach for a long time, they develop convulsions and are often fatal.
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Diseases of rabbits caused by parasites and infection. One of the widespread diseases is colibacillosis. Most often it occurs against the background of infection with E. coli, but it can also be caused by other bacteria of the intestinal group. Infection occurs with the ingestion of food or water, in which there are pathogenic microbes. With colibacillosis, the animal refuses food or absorbs it in small quantities, is inactive, rapidly loses weight and dies after 3-7 days.
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Infectious rhinitis, which is an inflammatory process in the animal's upper respiratory tract, often occurs in rabbits. The cause of the disease is micrococci, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other bacteria. Such rhinitis is the most dangerous in case of a large overcrowding of animals. Under these conditions, it is enough for one pet to get sick, as soon he will infect all the livestock. The cause of the disease is a weakened immune system due to poor maintenance of pets, the presence of drafts, a high concentration of dust in the air, and unsanitary conditions.
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Another common disease is ear scabies. It is caused by an ear mite. An animal that has undergone the introduction of this parasite becomes restless, often scratches its ears, shakes its head. The disease is dangerous because in advanced cases, a perforation of the eardrum often occurs and the inflammatory process passes to the middle and inner ear, which causes the pet's curvature.
