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Name of disease
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Cause
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Important features
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Drugs
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Remarks
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Myxomatosis
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Virus (spread by rabbit fleas and mosquitoes)
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Inflammation and oedema of eyelids, ears, anal and genital orifices. Mucopurulent
blepharo conjunctivitis Skin haemorrhages
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No effective treatment
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The disease causes 100 % mortality. Vaccination is practiced in many advanced countries.
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Pasteurellosis
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Bacteria (Pasteurella multocida)
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Clinical forms that occur are sniffles, enzootic pneumonia, otitis media, abscess,
septicaemia
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Sulpha quinoxaline, sulphadimidine
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Coccidiosis
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Protozoa (Eimeria species) E.stiedae, E.magna, E.perforans
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Anorexia, debilitated condition, hepatomegaly, pendulous abdomen
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Sulpha- quinoxaline, sulphadimidine, Nitro-furazone
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Mucoid enteritis (Mucoid enteropathy)
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Unknown cause (shift from neonatal to post- weaning nutritional substrates has been
proposed as having a role in the pathogenesis)
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Diarrhoea with clear to viscid and mucoid consistency, dehydration
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No effective treatment
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Blue breast (mastitis)
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Streptococcus or Staphylococcus species
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Bluish purple glands
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Antibiotics
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Ear canker (ear mange)
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Psoroptes cuniculi
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Shaking head, scratching ears with legs, crusty exudate in the ear
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Benzyl benzoate (Ascabiol) for 2-3 days after removing the crusts and cleaning the
ears.
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Sore hock (ulcerative pododermatitis)
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Pressure necrosis of the skin usually resulting from the bearing of heavy body weight
on wire floors of the cages
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Circumscribed ulcerated areas in the skin covered by dry crusty scab of the plantar
surface of the metatarsal region, anorexia, loss of weight, humping of the back,
tilted movements.
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Zinc and iodine ointments and 0.2%
solutions of aluminium acetate. Antibiotics parently to prevent secondary infections.
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Ring worm
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Fungus (Trichophyton microsporon)
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Falling of hairs in patches resulting in areas of baldness
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Griseofulvin
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Body mange
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Notedres cati
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Falling of hairs from the ears and nose. Scratching the ears and face with forelimbs.
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1. Benzyl benzoate (local application) 2. Ivermectin s/c injection at dose of 0.1
ml/5 kg body weight.
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