Evidence-Based Advances in Rabbit Medicine

Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract. 2017 Sep;20(3):749-771. doi: 10.1016/j.cvex.2017.04.008.

Abstract

Rabbit medicine has been continuously evolving over time with increasing popularity and demand. Tremendous advances have been made in rabbit medicine over the past 5 years, including the use of imaging tools for otitis and dental disease management, the development of laboratory testing for encephalitozoonosis, or determination of prognosis in rabbits. Recent pharmacokinetic studies have been published, providing additional information on commonly used antibiotics and motility-enhancer drugs, as well as benzimidazole toxicosis. This article presents a review of evidence-based advances for liver lobe torsions, thymoma, and dental disease in rabbits and controversial and new future promising areas in rabbit medicine.

Keywords: Dental disease; Diagnosis; Liver lobe torsion; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Prognosis; Rabbit; Therapeutics; Thymoma.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Encephalitozoonosis / diagnosis
  • Encephalitozoonosis / veterinary
  • Evidence-Based Practice / standards*
  • Liver Diseases / diagnosis
  • Liver Diseases / veterinary
  • Otitis / diagnosis
  • Otitis / veterinary
  • Rabbits*
  • Stomatognathic Diseases / diagnosis
  • Stomatognathic Diseases / therapy
  • Stomatognathic Diseases / veterinary
  • Thymoma / surgery
  • Thymoma / veterinary
  • Veterinary Medicine / standards*