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Fur loss in rabbits can due to:
Fur loss in rabbits can due to:
*Moulting
*Moulting
*Grooming or idiopathic overgrooming
*Grooming or idiopathic overgrooming
*Displacement activity in rabbits that can’t groom – automutilation
*Displacement activity in rabbits that can’t groom – automutilation
*Hair loss due to [[Pseudopregnancy - Rabbit|pseudo-]] and actual pregnancy is frequently encountered in rabbits due to nest-building activity and obviously requires no treatment. It is self-inflicted.
Hair loss due to pseudo- and actual pregnancy is frequently encountered in rabbits due to nest-building activity and obviously requires no treatment. It is self-inflicted.
*Alopecia in rabbits may be due to dietary causes (fibre or magnesium deficiency, or both). To correct magnesium deficiency, the addition of magnesium oxide at 0.25% to the diet may be required.
Alopecia in rabbits may be due to dietary causes (fibre or magnesium deficiency, or both). To correct magnesium deficiency, the addition of magnesium oxide at 0.25% to the diet may be required.
"Hair eating" localised mainly on the head was recorded by Morisse 1978 in groups of rabbits with experimentally-induced colibacillosis and this should be remembered by the clinician confronted with this clinical sign in pet rabbits that have received oral antibiotics especially those with a reasonable spectrum of activity against gram-positive organisms.
"Hair eating" localised mainly on the head was recorded by Morisse 1978 in groups of rabbits with experimentally-induced colibacillosis and this should be remembered by the clinician confronted with this clinical sign in pet rabbits that have received oral antibiotics especially those with a reasonable spectrum of activity against gram-positive organisms.
#reducing the light intensity (Okerman 1994).
#reducing the light intensity (Okerman 1994).
Fur Loss in Vent area is usually due to discharges from the vent:
Fur loss in vent area is usually due to discharges from the vent:
*Urinary overflow
*Urinary overflow
*Treponema cuniculi
*Treponema cuniculi
**mouth (teeth or foreign body)
**mouth (teeth or foreign body)
**rectum
**rectum
[[Category:Skin_Conditions_-_Rabbit]]
==References==
*Morisse, J. P. (1978) Induction of a Colibacillosis-Type Enteritis in Rabbits: Revue Med Vet 129 625 to 632.
*Okerman, L. (1994) Diseases of Domestic Rabbits. Blackwell Scientific Publications 2nd Edition
[[Category:Rabbit Dermatology]]