It is difficult to treat rabbit foot dermatitis how to prevent and cure rabbit foot dermatitis

Rabbit foot dermatitis is one of the most common diseases in rabbit farming. It is a chronic disease caused by wound infection with Staphylococcus aureus. Because of its high incidence and great harm, once the disease occurs, it will cause great economic losses to rabbit farmers.

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Rabbit foot dermatitis generally occurs in rabbits hind feet or toes, manifested as local congestion, redness, purulent, the formation of ulcer surface. More performance pain, unwilling to exercise; a few are manifested as strange itching, sick rabbits bite the affected area, severe cases lead to bone exposure, gradually thin, due to secondary sepsis and death. The disease is difficult to treat and takes a long time to recover. It is appropriate to eliminate the seriously ill.

Prevention and control: 1. Strengthen feeding management: The bottom of rabbit cage is best made of bamboo plate, and it is flat and free of sharp objects. Rabbit cages are kept clean and dry, cages are smooth and free of sharp objects, and 0.3% peracetic acid is sprayed regularly for disinfection.

2. Immunize with staphylococcal vaccine, 2 ml per rabbit, twice a year.

3. Treatment: Rabbits with foot dermatitis are placed in cages covered with dry, soft grass. Clean up the wound, repeatedly apply 3% iodine tincture to the affected part until all pus and crusts are removed, then apply erythromycin ointment to the affected part, cover it with gauze, and inject 200,000 units of penicillin into each rabbit muscle twice a day. The rabbits were washed with 3% hydrogen peroxide and smeared gentian violet once a day. Most of them healed in 3-5 days. Ulcerated rabbits were rinsed with 0.2% lead acetate solution to remove necrotic tissue and rubbed with 15% zinc oxide ointment or oxytetracycline ointment. When the ulcer begins to heal, apply 5% gentian violet solution.