How to deal with sick rabbits

(1) find it in time and deal with it as soon as possible.

Each rabbit should be examined 1-2 times a day, and the disease will be treated immediately if the disease is found. If time is lost, the opportunity for treatment will be lost. Therefore, the sooner the diseased rabbits are treated, the better.

(2) rough judgment and use of medicine as soon as possible

In addition to making a clear judgment, targeted treatment measures can be taken, such as scabies mites, ringworm depilates, mastitis, etc., while for rabbits with uncertain causes such as diarrhea, fever and poor appetite, certain drug treatment should be given first. For diarrhoea, oral or injection antibiotics can be given, especially diarrhea in young rabbits, generally early administration of antibiotics combined with other drugs can have a better cure rate, but for Clostridium welchii dysentery and other non-bacterial dysentery is another matter. If the diseased rabbit does not have dysentery, only loss of appetite or waste food, we should mainly consider lung disease or systemic disease, intramuscular injection of antibiotics, the effect is more significant, generally twice a day, continuous treatment for 3-5 days. For highly contagious diseases, such as scabies mites, trichiasis, etc., if it is not newly introduced rabbits, the symptoms of individual cases are obvious in the original rabbit group, indicating that the whole group has been infected, should be used in the whole group to control the epidemic, and the incidence can be reduced.

(3) pathological autopsy should be performed in sick and dead rabbits.

The rabbit was examined immediately after death. The lesions were mainly in the chest or abdominal cavity. A preliminary judgment was made on the pathological changes in the main parts such as lung, liver, kidney and intestinal tract. This facilitates the accumulation of knowledge and experience, which is very important for people who have been engaged in the industry for a long time. If the mortality rate of rabbits increases suddenly, pathological autopsy can make a diagnosis in time, which is more important to guide the prevention and treatment of the disease.

(4) timely elimination of sick and disabled rabbits

Some rabbits that have lost their therapeutic value and economic value should be eliminated in time. Such as severe rhinitis rabbits, repeatedly dysentery rabbits, stiff rabbits, deformed rabbits and rabbits without reproductive ability. Although some diseased rabbits can survive, the disease cannot be cured and should be eliminated as soon as possible to avoid the spread of pathogens. Although some can be cured, but the resistance is decreased, easy to re-infection disease.

(5) correct handling of sick and dead rabbits.

After autopsy, all dead rabbits should be buried or burned away from the rabbit house to reduce the spread of pathogens. Never leave it at random, or give it to cats and dogs.

(6) if the morbidity and mortality rate of rabbits suddenly increases, the cause can not be found, and there is no good treatment, fresh sick and dead rabbits should be sent to conditional veterinary departments for diagnosis, so as not to delay the opportunity and cause greater losses.