Health & Diseases Flashcards
What do you call an inflammation of the inner membrane of the eyelid and sometimes the portion of the membrane that covers the white of the eye?
Conjunctivitis
What is the inflammation of the mammary glands?
Mastitis
What venereal disease is indicated by a scabby, reddened sex organ, often exuding pus?
Vent disease
What is an abnormal discharge from the eye, resulting in severe matting in the area below the eye?
Weeping Eye
What is an infection localized in the nose, usually characterized by repeated sneezing and the discharge of a white purulent fluid from the nose called?
Cold or snuffles
What is a protrusion of an organ or part through connective tissue or through a wall of the cavity in which it is normally enclosed?
Hernia
What is metritis?
Inflammation of the uterus
What is pneumonia?
Inflammation of the lungs
Name a disease caused by a fungus.
Ringworm
Name five bacterial diseases.
mastitis, vent disease, conjunctivitis, metritis, pneumonia, listeriosis, salmonellosis, abscesses, pasteurelosis (snuffles), tyzzer’s disease, enterotoxemia, sore eyes
Name two external parasites.
botflies, fur mites, mange mites, ear mites, lice, fleas
Name three internal parasites.
Pin Worms, Tapeworm, Whipworms, Nosema, Coccidiosis
What is coprophagy?
Eating of dung
What is the term for an organism that lives on or within the host animal?
Parasite
What is slobbers?
Excessive salivation creating wet or moist and unsightly fur around the mouth, lower jaws and forelegs.
What is another term for coprophagy?
Cecotrophy
What is another term for night feces?
Cecotropes
What is VHD?
Viral Hemorrhagic Disease
What is the most important nutrient of the rabbit?
Water
What is the minimum amount of time you should quarantine new rabbits brought into your rabbitry?
3-4 weeks
When is Tyzzer’s Disease most common?
3 to 8 week old rabbits
What should you do with a rabbit that has infectious myxomatosis?
Euthanasia
What disease is caused by the bacteria of Listeria?
Listeriosis
What is the prevention for mucoid enteritis?
Keep stress low, high fiber diet