Diseases of the Rabbit

1. Ulcer
Cause: The occurrence of gross blood collecting under the skin.
Control: surgery and subsequently given a gross extravasation Jodium.

2. Scabies
Cause: Darcoptes scabiei. Symptoms: marked with a scab on the body.
Control: with antibiotic ointment.

3. Eczema
Cause: the dirt on the skin.
Control: use the ointment / powder Salicyl.

4. Ear disease
Cause: lice.
Control: dripping with vegetable oil.

5. Lump skin disease
Cause: jamur.a
Symptoms: kind arising scales on the head.
Control: with powdered sulfur.

6. Eye disease
Causes: bacteria and dust.
Symptoms: watery eyes and kept wet.
Control: with eye ointment.

7. Mastitis
Cause: The milk that comes out a little / not able to get out.
Symptoms: nipples harden and heat when held.
Control: by not wean the child too abruptly.

8. Cold
The cause: a virus.
Symptoms: runny nose and hold.
Control: spraying antiseptic on the nose.

9. Pneumonia
Cause: the bacteria Pasteurella multocida.
Symptoms: shortness of breath, bluish eyes and ears.
Control: given a drink Sul-Q-NOX.

10. Dysentery
Cause: Eimeira protozoa.
Symptoms: loss of appetite, lean body, bloating stomach and diarrhea with blood.
Control: sulfaquinxalin dose given to drink 12 ml in one liter of water.

11. Bloating
Name of medicine: Sulfaquinoxalin, Gastop
Handling: Reduce the wet feed, multiply hay / pellets, reduce drinking, keep the place closed and the rabbits were given 5-watt lamp

12. Diarrhoea
Name of medicine: Diapet in small doses
Handling: Usually starts from pain bloating diarrhea, reduce the wet food, multiply hay / pellets, save the place was closed and given a five-watt lamps. The difference is bloated with diarrhea, usually rabbits and vitamin deficiency when exposed to fluids from diarrhea. Rabbit diarrhea who should be given to drink but in the number of little-to not aggravate kembungnya. Jg should be given vitamin B12. In addition a rabbit who is usually diarrhea / bloating reluctant to eat, so it's good milk dicekokin ..

13. Scabies
Handling: Scabies is a contagious disease, usually trdapat around the mouth, feet, ears, nose and other areas who have the folds. Scabies is a contagious disease, so that once someone who was not attacked immediately quarantined in order to spread, in addition hati2 in overcoming it, because scabies jg infectious in humans. Shave hair around the affected part and scabies, wash with warm water, rubbing with scabies medications such as sulfur ointment, caviam, cream or powder scabicid amalgamated kerosene. There could jg who injected drugs (injecting the skin-flesh) on the rabbit's body

In rabbits is generally a pest predators like dogs than rabbits. In general, prevention and control of pests and diseases carried by keeping the environment clean cages, feeding an appropriate and meet the nutrition and the elimination of the sick cattle as soon as possible.


The best step to avoid the disease in rabbits is:
1. dikandangkan rabbits in an open and enough room to get the morning sun
2. cages covered to avoid a direct hit by the wind that night because if ga is closed it will be exposed to diseases bloating