Educators Conference
Gastrointestinal Tract
Gastrointestinal Tract
Gastrointestinal Stasis: The Silent Killer
It’s an all too familiar story. “My bunny stopped eating, and then she just died.”When we ask for details, we often learn that not only did the bunny stop eating, but she had been producing extremely small or even no fecal droppings, or showed symptoms of “runny stool.” True diarrhea (unformed, liquid fecal matter) is uncommon in rabbits. The runny stool sometimes misidentified as “diarrhea” in rabbits is more often composed of unformed, almost-liquid cecotropes. […]
Gastrointestinal Tract
Disorders of the Cecum
The healthy functioning of the cecum is critical to the overall health of a rabbit. Gaining an understanding of how […]
Gastrointestinal Tract
Diet
Intermittent Soft Cecotropes in Rabbits
*Please note that it will be helpful to the understanding of this disease if you first read the Care of Rabbits handout […]
Gastrointestinal Tract
Ileus in Domestic Rabbits
An excellent article on ileus (stasis) by Dana Krempels, Mary Cotter and Gil Stanzione may be found at http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/ileus.pdf.
Gastrointestinal Tract
Ailments of the Anus: How dangerous is that anal blood or protrusion to your rabbit?
The anus* is not generally a popular body part to talk about. However, just as with other areas of a […]
Gastrointestinal Tract
Eliminating Problems
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Gastrointestinal Tract
Soft Stools
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Gastrointestinal Tract
What Are the Symptoms of Enteritis?
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