Refuse to eat abdominal distension, severe diarrhea, dehydration, beware of rabbit epidemic enteritis in winter

Cold winter, low temperature, large temperature difference between day and night, have a great impact on rabbits, especially rabbit epidemic enteritis, rabbits begin to lose appetite, and then refuse to eat, accompanied by abdominal distension, severe watery diarrhea, and even dehydration, and hair dishevelled, exhaustion, causing death. There was no change in rabbit body temperature from morbidity to death. The rabbits generally died 3 days after infection with epidemic enteritis, reached the peak in 4-5 days, and decreased gradually in 8-10 days. The strong ones healed and the weak ones died.

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Preventive measures: strengthen daily feeding and management, supply clean drinking water, prohibit feeding pollution, especially moldy forage, and at the same time do a good job in rabbit house hygiene, keep clean and disinfect regularly. When diseased rabbits are found, they shall be isolated immediately, and the original rabbit cages and appliances shall be thoroughly disinfected with 0.5% peracetic acid or 2% sodium hydroxide solution. Dead rabbits and their feces and pollutants were incinerated and destroyed, and epidemic prevention spread. At present, there is no vaccination of the disease, once the disease, there is no specific treatment, routine antidiarrheal, fluid replacement, in order to protect gastrointestinal mucosa, improve gastrointestinal function, antibacterial anti-inflammatory, prevent secondary infection and so on. Prescribe the right medicine for the case:

1. Antidiarrheal: oral activated carbon, charcoal powder, silica, etc., adult rabbits 1-2 grams, young rabbits reduced by half, 2-3 times a day. Or sulfonamidine, norfloxacin, Zhixiening, etc., 1-2 tablets at a time in adult rabbits and halved in young rabbits, 2-3 times a day for 2-3 days.

two。 Rehydration: compound sodium chloride or 5% glucose, 40 ml per kilogram of body weight, intravenous or intraperitoneal injection, can also drink oral rehydration salt, VC, electrolytic multi-dimensional, etc., to prevent dehydration and improve resistance.

3. Relieve spasm and relieve pain. Atropine is injected intramuscularly, 0.1 mg / kg body weight or belladonna tablets, 1-2 tablets at a time, 2-3 times a day.

4. Anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory: rabbits were given norfloxacin, sulfonamidine, florfenicol, amoxicillin, ofloxacin, tablets or powder (as specified) or intramuscular injection of gentamicin, doxycycline, dysentery, amikacin, ciprofloxacin, acetylmethylquine, etc., 0.5-1 ml once, twice a day for 2-3 days.