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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
[[Category:Skin_Conditions_-_Rabbit]]
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
[[Category:Skin_Conditions_-_Rabbit]]