Rabbits

Question 1

What is a teeth difference in rabbits than other animals (not formula cause I dont think they will test this)?

Answer 1

Extra upper incisor (peg teeth)

Question 2

Do teeth in rabbits grow their entire lives?

Answer 2

Yes

Question 3

What is the balance between muscle and bone in rabbits?

Answer 3

Muscling stronger than bone - fracture own bone

Question 4

What type of fermentors are rabbits?

Answer 4

Hindgut fermentors

Question 5

(T/F) Rabbits have a large lung volume which is why they have a high activity.

Answer 5

False - they have small lung volume

Question 6

Male/female rabbits are more territorial.

Answer 6

Females

Question 7

What do male rabbits do during fighting?

Answer 7

Traumatic castration

Question 8

What is the lifespan of rabbits?

Answer 8

6-15 years (lower if unspayed)

Question 9

What is the range for gestation in rabbits?

Answer 9

29-35 days

Question 10

(T/F) Rabbits are prone to heat stroke so you need weather proof shelter outdoors.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Rabbits are (high/low) volume and (high/low) extraction feeders.

Answer 11

High volume
Low extraction

Question 12

(T/F) Rabbits are coprophagic and they contain high protein and low fiber.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

How much fiber do rabbits require in their nutrition?

Answer 13

High fiber diet >18% fiber DM

Question 14

Where does the excess calcium get excreted in a rabbit?

Answer 14

Urine
Absorb all calcium - excess will be excreted and there is no need for Vit D

Question 15

What kind of diet is okay for growing kits (rabbits) only?

Answer 15

Alfalfa based food

Question 16

What type of hay do adult rabbits get because of low calcium?

Answer 16

Timothy hay

Question 17

Which locations would you use for rabbits to pull blood?

Answer 17

Lateral saphenous
Cephalic (but he likes this for IV catheters)
Jugular vein (needs sedation)

Question 18

In rabbits ___ look like eosinophils.

Answer 18

Heterophils

Question 19

What is the normal ratio of heterophils vs lymphocytes in a rabbit?

Answer 19

Ratio range - 3:7 - 5:5
More lymphs than het
If it is the reverse then there is an acute infection

Question 20

What values would you see in blood work of a rabbit fighting an infection?

Answer 20

More hets than lymphs
Monocytosis

Question 21

What type of crystals would you get in urine in rabbits?

Answer 21

Calcium crystals - CaCO3

Question 22

What does an acidic pH in urine in rabbits mean?

Answer 22

Ketoacidosis - normally rabbit urine is alkaline

Question 23

(T/F) In rabbit rads you will see bone cortices thicker than other species, poor GI detail due to gas, small chest and sludge in bladder.

Answer 23

False - Everything is true except the bone cortices are thinner

Question 24

What is the main organism in snuffles in rabbits?

Answer 24

Pasturella mutocida

Question 25

What is a predisposing factor of snuffles/pasteurellosis in rabbits?

Answer 25

Stress Shipping/traveling, resp irritation, bordetella infection, others

Question 26

(T/F) Snuffles in rabbits can start anywhere and spread anywhere within the rabbit.

Answer 26

True

Question 27

What system does snuffles infect in rabbits that is the classic form?

Answer 27

Respiratory tract

Question 28

If you see a rabbit with true dyspnea, can you help them out?

Answer 28

No - they are going to death

Question 29

What are the three ways to diagnose Snuffles in rabbits?

Answer 29

Culture of abscess (jaw)* Titers for P. multocida (but many have been exposed to it) PCR of P. multocida

Question 30

What is the treatment of snuffles in rabbits?

Answer 30

Not cure but control - Prevent spread because disseminated cases are fatal Enrofloxacin/orbofloxacin Gentamicin/Amikacin Nasal lacrimal flushing Surgery - antibiotics do not replace surgery

Question 31

How should you treat intact tract abscess of snuffles in rabbits?

Answer 31

Like neoplasia - remove without rupturing

Question 32

What is the prognosis of snuffles in rabbits?

Answer 32

Poor

Question 33

What is the organism that causes encephalitozoonosis in rabbits?

Answer 33

Encephalitazoon cuniculi - intracellular microsporidian protozoa

Question 34

(T/F) Encephalitozoonosis in rabbits is not zoonotic.

Answer 34

False - it is

Question 35

What two organs do the spores of encephalitozoonosis migrate to in rabbits?

Answer 35

Kidney and brain

Question 36

What clinical signs will you see in acute encephalitozoonosis in rabbits?

Answer 36

Incontinence, tremors, torticollis*, paresis, convulsions/death Nonspecific poor growth was mentioned but idk if its acute

Question 37

What two diagnostic tests are used for encephalitozoonosis in rabbits? What is a disadvantage of them?

Answer 37

Serological antibody test IgM/IgG - Exposure is common PCR organism detection - Organism might not be there but the inflammation is

Question 38

What is the necropsy lesions you see in encephalitozoonosis in rabbits?

Answer 38

No CNS 1-3 mm multiple round/stellate pits in renal cortical surface

Question 39

How do you prevent transmission of encephalitozoonosis in rabbits?

Answer 39

Prevent urine-oral contamination does to kits

Question 40

What is the main complaint of a rabbit coming in to your clinic most of the time?

Answer 40

Anorexia

Question 41

What are the two questions you should ask yourself if a rabbit comes in with anorexia?

Answer 41

Is the rabbit normal or sick? Is the rabbit eating or not?

Question 42

What are the 4 reasons why a rabbit has GI stasis?

Answer 42

Stress (most common), low fiber diet, inadequate water, pain Hair is not documented

Question 43

What diagnostics would you want to do for primary GI stasis in rabbits and what would you see?

Answer 43

No diarrhea, rabbit looks normal Rads (lateral): increase gastric gas/distension will indicate a duodenal obstruction

Question 44

If the rabbit has: - Low body temp - High body temp - High blood glucose - High or low PCV What would you suspect?

Answer 44

- Low temp: GI obstruction/liver torsion - High temp: Infection - High glucose: obstruction/sepsis/DM - Low PCV: liver torsion - High PCV: severe dehydration

Question 45

What is the motility enhancer that is compounded for rabbits?

Answer 45

Cisapride

Question 46

What is the main treatment for GI stasis in rabbits apart from feeding it?

Answer 46

Rehydration

Question 47

(T/F) GI stasis in rabbits has a good prognosis but has a high chance of recurrence

Answer 47

True

Question 48

What is the difference between RHDV1 and RHDV2?

Answer 48

DV 1 - oryctologus cuniculus only, adults DV 2 - multiple species, all ages, lower mortality

Question 49

What signs would you see in rabbits with RHDV1/2?

Answer 49

Peracute death "Bunny ebola" in acute cases (fever, pallor, hemorrhage from nose, hematuria, DIC and a lot more but he specified these)

Question 50

What will happen in a subacute phase of RDHV1/2 in rabbits that got over it?

Answer 50

If survived then become jaundice and die because liver failure several days later

Question 51

What disease in rabbits is reportable?

Answer 51

Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus

Question 52

(T/F) OHE in rabbits are different than cats in that fat is a major problem, they have weak ligaments that easily tear, ovaries are distant from oviarian ligament and each horn has a separate cervix.

Answer 52

True