Differentials........................ |
Differential diagnosis for rabbit
skin diseases |
Varying shedding patterns among rabbits |
Hair loss (alopecia) in rabbits |
Shedding
from the ears, by Tal Saarony |
Chronic
wetness of the chin or dewlap in rabbits: non-dental causes, by
Arie van Praag and Esther van Praag |
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Viral diseases and neoplasia |
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Formation
of cauliflower-like growths on the skin and mucous membrane of rabbits,
by Patrick Jacquaz, Tiffany Adams, Marjorie Panchaud, Arie van Praag,
Julie Smith and Esther van Praag |
Fibroma |
Myxomatosis |
Sparsky and Brownie: nodular type of myxomatosis in 2 vaccinated rabbits, by Janet Lacey |
Herpes sp viruses
in rabbits |
Herpes simplex encephalitis in rabbits, by P. Grest et al. (PDF) |
Naturally occurring Herpes Simplex
encephalitis in a domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), by H. Weissenböck et al.
(PDF) |
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Bacterial diseases |
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Facial bacterial abscesses and
dermatitis in rabbits, by Caroline
Charland, Michel Gruaz, Karan Nixon, and Esther van Praag
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Abscess management in rabbit, an
illustrated guide, by C. Macey |
Staphylococcosis affecting young rabbits, by M. Gruaz |
Treponematosis - rabbit syphilis |
Case report: atypical treponematosis
- rabbit syphilis in a rabbit, by T. Saarony |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa or green fur syndrome |
Paws are good indicators of the rabbit's
health (2) - Pseudomonas aeruginosa, by Esther van Praag, Ph.D. |
Schmorl’s disease or skin necrosis due to
Fusobacterium necrophorum |
Tularemia in rabbits |
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Fungal diseases |
Fungal dermatitis or superficial
mycosis |
Paws, good indicator of the rabbit's
health (fungal dermatitis), by Esther van Praag, Ph.D. |
Disseminated
histoplasmosis (Histoplasma capsulatum) in a pet rabbit:
case report and review of the literature, by João Brandão,
Samantha Woods, Natalie Fowlkes, Mary Leissinger, Robert Blair, Cherie
Pucheu-Haston, James Johnson, Christina Elster Phillips, Thomas Tully |
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Arachnid skin parasites |
Ear mite: Psoroptes cuniculi |
Fur
mites: Cheyletiella parasitovorax and
Listrophorus gibbus |
Less Common Fur Mites: Trombicula autumnalis
and Dermanyssus gallinae |
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Insect skin parasites |
Fleas
and rabbits |
Myiasis (fly-strike) in rabbits |
Flystrike
– don’t get caught out, by the UK Rabbit
Welfare Association and Fund |
Myiasis by botfly (Cuterebra
sp.) in rabbits |
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Hormonal influence |
Rabbits
with a more or less pronounced skin fold under the chin, but not exclusively
there..., by Esther van Praag |
Case report: bilateral symmetrical
alopecia in a rabbit |
Bilateral symmetrical alopecia is
sporadically observed in male and female rabbits, by Janet Geren, Kim Chilson and
Esther van Praag |
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Metabolic disorder
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Case report: Mitsie, a rabbit suffering
from cutaneous calcinosis circumscripta and chronic renal failure, by Katka Pruskova and Esther van
Praag |
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Behavioral disease |
Self-mutilating behavior in rabbits |
Self-injurious
behavior in rabbits and does, by Esther van Praag, Ph.D. |
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“Mechanical” diseases |
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Auto-immune diseases |
Sebaceous adenitis or inflammation of the sebaceous glands |
Sebaceous
adenitis possibly associated to a thymoma
in a rabbit, by Lara Walker |
Successful treatment of sebaceous
adenitis in a rabbit with cyclosporine and triglycerides, by Annette Jassies-van der Lee, Yvonne van
Zeeland, Marja Kik and Nico Schoemaker |
Successful treatment of the idiopathic
sebaceous adenitis in a lionhead rabbit, by Marcel Kovalik, Keith L. Thoday,
Kevin Eatwell, Adri H. M. van den Broek |
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Skin structural
anomaly |
Low
hanging or pendulous testis caused by collagen dysplasia in some non-neutered
male rabbits ?, by Esther
van Praag, Ph.D. |
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Cancer |
Case report: did Freddy rabbit suffer from skin lymphoma ? by Celine
Fischer |
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Chemical burning
of skin |
Ear pinnae of a lop rabbit show skin
burns, phlebitis and necrosis after daily cleaning with chlorhexidine, by Esther van Praag, Ph.D. |
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Treatment |
Bandaging a rabbit hind-foot |
Abscess management in rabbit, an
illustrated guide, by C. Macey |