Rabbits

Question 1

Define Rabbit Gastrointestinal Syndrome (RGIS)

Answer 1

Abnormality associates to the GI tract secondary to other disease processes (not actually a diagnosis, not a primary disease)

Question 2

2 causes of acute abdomen in rabbits

Answer 2

1. GI obstruction
2. Live lobe torsion

Question 3

Symptons of GI dysfunction

Answer 3

1. hiporexia/ anorexia
2. decrease in amount of stool
3. presence large amount of cecotrophs
4. dehydration

Question 4

Gastric palpation in rabbits can cause rupture (T/F)

Answer 4

True.

Question 5

Normal rabbit’s stomach in radiographs (VD view) is oval. (T/F)

Answer 5

True. (As it gets dilated, witch to round shape)

Question 6

What kind of medication is the is supposed not to be helpful in the treatment of RGIS?

Answer 6

Antibiotics

Question 7

Give 4 parts if the treatment of RGIS

Answer 7

1. Fluids
2. Hand feeding
3. Opioids
4. Pro-kinetics (not in GI obstruction)

Question 8

For the treatment of RGIS, feeding should be low in fiber (T/F)

Answer 8

False. (it should be rich in fiber)

Question 9

Give 2 options for pain treatment in RGIS

Answer 9

1. Opioids
2. Lidocaine

Question 10

In what conditions antibiotics should be used in RGIS?

Answer 10

1. Sepsis
2. GI surgery
3. GI infection

Question 11

For gastric distensin in rabbits, what lumbar vertebrae should be used as limit of a non distended stomach?

Answer 11

L2