The aim of this study is to report clinical, surgical, and pathological findings in client-owned rabbits with histologically confirmed appendicitis. 19 rabbits were used in this study wherein medical records for client-owned rabbits that had a histologic diagnosis of appendicitis were reviewed....
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Girolamo, N. di; Petrini, D.; Szabo, Z.; Volait-Rosset, L.; Oglesbee, B. L.; Nardini, G.; Possenti, M.; Gerosa, S.; Rota, S.; Minh Huynh; Vitolo, D.; Devescovi, E.; Nicoletti, A.; Selleri, P.; Guillier, D.; Reese, D.; Nicolier, A.; Reyes-Gomez, E.; Matteucci, G.; Reavil, D. R.; Binanti, D.
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American Veterinary Medical Association, Schaumburg, USA
Citation
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 2022, 260, 1, pp 82-93
Objective: To investigate the effect of theatre temperature on body temperature in rabbits undergoing castration or ovariohysterectomy surgery during general anaesthesia. Study design: Prospective, clinical study. Animals: A group of 88 rabbits presented for elective neutering. Methods: Rabbits...
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Edis, A.; Pelligand, L.; Baldrey, V.; Hedley, J.
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Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
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Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 2022, 49, 2, pp 173-181
Fatal hypothermia represents a diagnostic challenge in veterinary pathology . Wischnewski spots (WS) and black oesophagus (BO) have been described in human cases of fatal hypothermia but rarely in animals. We now describe WS and BO in suspected fatal hypothermia in a free-ranging brown howler...
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Almeida, B. A.; Santos, I. R.; Henker, L. C.; Lorenzett, M. P.; Ferrari, F. E.; Surita, L. E.; Panziera, W.; Pavarini, S. P.; Driemeier, D.
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Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Journal of Comparative Pathology, 2021, 186, pp 18-22
Objectives: To report clinical features, gross post mortem and histopathological findings from an investigation into sudden or unexpected death in rabbits that was undertaken during an outbreak of rabbit haemorrhagic disease. Materials and Methods: Using a standard protocol, veterinarians were...
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Harcourt-Brown, N.; Silkstone, M.; Whitbread, T. J.; Harcourt-Brown, F. M.
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Wiley, Oxford, UK
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Journal of Small Animal Practice, 2020, 61, 7, pp 419-427
Objective: The use of the iodine-containing contrast agent diatrizoate was investigated in healthy rabbits and in rabbits with gastric dilatation and intestinal obstruction. For this purpose, transit times through the gastrointestinal tract and clinical use were investigated during a one year...
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Dierig, J. A.; Fehr, M.; Reuschel, M.; Leiter, I.
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG, Stuttgart, Germany
Citation
Tierärztliche Praxis. Ausgabe K, Kleintiere/Heimtiere, 2022, 50, 2, pp 112-123
Background: Anaesthetic risk is composed of factors that can (e.g. hypothermia) and cannot (e.g. old age) be influenced. The maximal heat loss from a patient occurs in the first stadium of anaesthesia and it is easier to prevent hypothermia than reheat an animal. Objectives: The aim of the authors...
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Nógrádi, A. L.; Battay, M.; Cope, I.; Gál, J.; Dunay, M. P.
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Herman Ottó Institute Nonprofit Ltd., Budapest, Hungary
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Magyar Állatorvosok Lapja, 2019, 141, 2, pp 93-100
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether rectal temperature at hospital admission, independently or in conjunction with other parameters, was associated with all-cause mortality in client-owned rabbits. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. ANIMALS: 316 client-owned rabbits consecutively hospitalized in an...
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Girolamo, N. di; Toth, G.; Selleri, P.
Publisher
American Veterinary Medical Association, Schaumburg, USA
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Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 2016, 248, 3, pp 288-297
Background: Liver lobe torsion (LLT) in rabbits can be under-recognised and potentially fatal. The clinical features of cases presented to an exotic animal veterinary service in Australia were retrospectively reviewed. Method: Medical records of confirmed rabbit LLT cases between 2016 and 2021 were ...
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Sheen, J. C.; Vella, D.; Hung Lily
Publisher
Wiley, Chichester, UK
Citation
Veterinary Record, 2022, 191, 7,
Two pet rabbits were presented with an acute decrease in appetite and activity. Rabbit 1 showed severe hypothermia, bradycardia, arrhythmias, a heart murmur, dyspnea, occlusion of the nares with secretions, icterus, dehydration, and gaseous gastrointestinal dilation. The urine was dark yellow. ...
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Bonvehí, C.; Ardiaca, M.; Montesinos, A.; Juan-Sallés, C.; Gómez, A.; Teso, B.; Barbero, S.; Ferrera, S. E.
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Wiley, Boston, USA
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Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 2019, 48, 1, pp 89-95
Mycobacteriosis has been rarely described in pet rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Here we present two cases of intestinal mycobacteriosis from north-eastern Germany. The first adult rabbit was euthanized due to severe cardiovascular failure, hypothermia and chronic weight loss. Necropsy revealed...
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Bertram, C. A.; Barth, S. A.; Glöckner, B.; Lübke-Becker, A.; Klopfleisch, R.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Journal of Comparative Pathology, 2020, 180, pp 73-78