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Cestode infestations are not common in pet rabbits except perhaps as the intermediate hosts of ''Taenia pisiformis cystericerci'' and ''Taenia serialis coenuri'' (Goudsward and Thomas 1991). Okerman 1994 states that ''Taenia pisiformis'' is common in backyard rabbits. Intestinal ''Hymenolepis nana'' infestations are difficult to diagnose in the live rabbit as the ova are shed in proglotids in the faeces and flotation techniques are not entirely suitable for their detection (Harkness 1987).   

Cestode infestations are not common in pet rabbits except perhaps as the intermediate hosts of ''Taenia pisiformis cystericerci'' and ''Taenia serialis coenuri'' (Goudsward and Thomas 1991). Okerman 1994 states that ''Taenia pisiformis'' is common in backyard rabbits. Intestinal ''Hymenolepis nana'' infestations are difficult to diagnose in the live rabbit as the ova are shed in proglotids in the faeces and flotation techniques are not entirely suitable for their detection (Harkness 1987).   

*Williams, C. S. F. (1979) Guinea Pigs and Rabbits. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice 9 (3) 487 - 498

*Williams, C. S. F. (1979) Guinea Pigs and Rabbits. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice 9 (3) 487 - 498

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[[Category:Endoparasitism_–_Rabbit]]