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Also known as '''''Mucoid Enteritis, Rabbit Mucoid Enteropathy (RME), Dysautonomia
    
A disease of weanlings previously referred to as mucoid enteritis, Rabbit Mucoid Enteropathy (RME), and now regarded as a dysautonomia analogous to grass sickness in horses and hares.
 
A disease of weanlings previously referred to as mucoid enteritis, Rabbit Mucoid Enteropathy (RME), and now regarded as a dysautonomia analogous to grass sickness in horses and hares.
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*Bradycardia (<100 bpm)
 
*Bradycardia (<100 bpm)
 
*Urinary incontinence,  
 
*Urinary incontinence,  
*Proprioceptive defects ,
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*Proprioceptive defects
 
*[[Caecal Impaction – Rabbit|Caecal impaction]]
 
*[[Caecal Impaction – Rabbit|Caecal impaction]]
 
*Abdominal bloat
 
*Abdominal bloat
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==Treatment==
 
==Treatment==
 
*Once the disease has been diagnosed treatment is usually pointless but oral fluids and supportive therapy, as detailed in the article on [[Diarrhoea – Rabbit|acute diarrhoea of the young, newly acquired rabbit]], may help.
 
*Once the disease has been diagnosed treatment is usually pointless but oral fluids and supportive therapy, as detailed in the article on [[Diarrhoea – Rabbit|acute diarrhoea of the young, newly acquired rabbit]], may help.
[[Category:Digestive_Disorders_-_Rabbit]]
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==References==
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*Whitwell, K. E. (1997) Mucoid Enteropathy: A new perspective. Procs Rabbit Welfare Fund Conference Watford
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[[Category:Rabbit Digestion]]
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