How to treat rabbit coccidiosis?

Rabbit coccidiosis is a disease caused by a variety of coccidiosis parasitized in the small intestine or bile duct epithelial cells of rabbits of the genus Eimeria. rabbits of all breeds and different ages can be infected, but rabbits at the age of 1-3 months are the most susceptible and have a high mortality rate. The incidence of adult rabbits is mild, mostly worms, and become an important source of infection. Let's take a look at how to treat rabbit coccidiosis.

Symptoms of coccidiosis in rabbits

According to the parasitic site of coccidiosis, rabbit coccidiosis can be divided into three types: intestinal type, liver type and mixed type. at the beginning, the diseased rabbits had loss of appetite, depression, lying still and growth stagnation. Increased eye and nose secretions, elevated body temperature, abdominal distension, dysentery, anal contamination, frequent defecation. Intestinal coccidiosis has intractable dysentery, or even bloody dysentery, or alternating constipation and diarrhea. Hepatic coccidiosis is hepatomegaly, swelling area palpation pain, mucosal yellow staining. In the later stage of coccidiosis, rabbits often have neurological symptoms, limb spasm and paralysis, and die because of extreme failure. The intestinal type dies quickly and the liver type is slow.

Prevention of coccidiosis in rabbits

1. Strengthen the management of rabbit farm. Adult rabbits and young rabbits should be raised separately. After weaning, young rabbits should be grouped and raised separately. To ensure that the feed is fresh and clean and hygienic, the feed should avoid fecal pollution, clean the rabbit cage and the faeces on the sports ground every day, and disinfect regularly.

2. Monensin and other drugs can be used to prevent the occurrence of the disease, and the diseased rabbits can be isolated and treated immediately, and the treatment drugs can be treated with sulfamethoxine, furazolidone and so on.

3. When diseased rabbits are found, strict control and extermination measures should be taken in accordance with the provisions of the epidemic Prevention Law to prevent spread. Diseased rabbits should be isolated, treated or culled, and the bodies and internal organs of sick and dead rabbits should be buried or burned. Rabbit cages and utensils should be strictly disinfected and rabbit dung should be accumulated and fermented. Eliminate rodents, flies and other insects in the rabbit farm.

Treatment of rabbit coccidiosis

1. Injection mode

[methods] the preventive effect was achieved by slow absorption after subcutaneous injection of coccidiosis.

[advantages] the dosage is accurate, the intake is guaranteed, and the effect is accurate.

[disadvantages] it is troublesome to get an injection, and the rabbit feels pain.

2. Oral mode

[methods] the preventive effect was achieved by swallowing and absorbing the water agent coccidiosis which can be directly taken orally into the mouth of rabbits.

[advantages] the dosage is accurate, the intake is guaranteed, and the effect is accurate.

[disadvantages] it is troublesome to give the medicine, which causes the rabbit to get angry, or the person who gives the medicine is bitten, or the rabbit is injured when the medicine is given.

3. Mixed drink mode

[methods] the water coccidiosis drug was mixed with drinking water according to a certain proportion, and the rabbits were allowed to drink freely to achieve the preventive effect.

[advantages] there is no need for an injection, no special medication, which is convenient.

[disadvantages] many rabbits drink too little water to lead to insufficient intake of drugs, or do not drink coccidiosis when coccidiosis is added to the drinking water, which eventually leads to the failure of coccidiosis prevention.

4. The way of mixing grain

[methods] the powder coccidiosis drug was mixed with rabbit food according to a certain proportion, and the rabbit was allowed to eat freely to achieve the preventive effect.

[advantages] there is no need for an injection, no special medication, which is convenient.

[disadvantages] the adhesion of the medicine powder is poor, it is difficult to fully mix with the rabbit feed and attach to the rabbit feed surface, and many young rabbits eat irregularly, or the rabbit feed with coccidiosis does not like to eat, which leads to insufficient drug intake, which eventually leads to the failure of coccidiosis prevention.

5. Feed feed containing coccidiosis

[methods] Rabbit feed producers preset coccidial drugs in rabbit food, and rabbits indirectly ingest coccidial drugs to achieve the preventive effect.

[advantages] there is no need for an injection, no special medication, which is convenient.

[disadvantages] if the palatability of rabbit feed is not good, it will lead to insufficient drug intake and eventually lead to failure in the prevention of coccidiosis.