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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 | ||
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| − | + | 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. | |
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| + | 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. | ||
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Fur loss in rabbits can due to:
- Moulting
- Grooming or idiopathic overgrooming
- Displacement activity in rabbits that can’t groom – automutilation
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.
"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.
In groups or "gangs" of rabbits the incidence of barbering must be recognised occurring on the dewlap and head areas. Look for hair chewed to stubble. Approach by:
- segregating the dominant animal from recessive, "barbered" individuals,
- increasing dietary fibre and
- reducing the light intensity (Okerman 1994).
Fur Loss in Vent area is usually due to discharges from the vent:
- Urinary overflow
- Treponema cuniculi
- Clagging (caecotrophs in the area release VFA’s which irritate the skin)
- Uterine carcinoma check for discharge and nipple engorgement
- Localised Fur Loss due to discharges from
- eyes
- mouth (teeth or foreign body)
- rectum