Background: The aim of this study was to analyse the acid-base-balance status and blood gas values in rabbits with gastric stasis and gastric dilation syndrome. Methods: Thirty rabbits with corresponding symptoms and radio- graphs were sampled before, during and after treatment and an arterial...

Objectives: To identify radiographic features that can be used to aid in the diagnosis of small intestinal obstruction in pet rabbits. Materials and Methods: Retrospective study comparing radiographic features of 63 cases of confirmed intestinal obstruction with 50 abdominal radiographs taken of ...

Gut stasis and upper gastrointestinal obstruction are two distinct and serious rabbit's diseases. They should be cured as soon as possible. In gut stasis, clinical signs, often hardly visible, appear slowly and the causes are variable. A really dense gastric content is characteristic on...

The aim of this study was to perform blood gas analysis both in rabbits diagnosed with gastrointestinal stasis and clinically healthy rabbits, to compare the results and evaluate blood gases values influence on the prognosis. The study included 7 domestic rabbits diagnosed with gastrointestinal ...

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. ...

A 4.5-year-old female spayed Rex rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) was presented as an emergency case for hyporexia, pigmenturia, and abnormal feces. The rabbit had been treated for intermittent hyporexia with outpatient medical management and over the next 2 months demonstrated intermittent signs of ...

Due to their effective analgesic properties, opioids are worthy of consideration for pain management in rabbits. However, this class of drugs causes undesirable effects including reduced gastrointestinal (GI) motility, reduced fecal output, and delays GI transit times and thus increases the risk of ...

Objective: To refine a composite scale for pain evaluation in rabbits and evaluate it for pain variations over time. To determine the differences between objective-Centro Animali Non Convenzionali Rabbit Scale (CANCRS) and subjective-Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) in assessing abdominal pain. Study...

This article reviews diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal diseases in guinea pigs and rabbits. The review includes established causes of gastrointestinal disease in these species. The authors highlight syndromes that may be considered emerging or less-recognized causes of gastrointestinal ...

Digestive disorders are common in rabbits. Diarrhoea, ileus and bloat are the conditions that are commonly encountered in the adult pet rabbit. Apart from sporadic cases of clostridial enterotoxaemia, most cases of 'diarrhoea' are not due to enteric infection. Instead the 'diarrhoea' that the...