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RabbitGirl101

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Hello everyone! So recently I won top overall showman at my local fair and now I'm headed to states. The main thing the judge told me to study was diseases, there's only one teeny, tiny problem. I am clueless about the diseases in rabbits. So I hope that in creating this thread I can learn new diseases to look up and study. Thank you everyone, and please post away!
 
Some big ones that come to mind for me are various nutrition-related diseases (e.g. teeth issues, GI stasis), pasteurellosis and other forms of "snuffles" or upper respiratory infections, neoplasias (especcially reproductive tumors of the uterus or mammary glands in does), various internal and external parasites including the rabbit specific ear mite.

I'm not sure how in depth you need to go, but here are a few good resources:
http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/index_en.htm
http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/rabbithealth.html

Also, Quesenberrry and Carpenter's Ferrets, Rabbits and Rodents which is considered THE book for vets that see rabbits.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1416066217/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
 
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Thank you everyone for posting! I sure got my work cut out for me if I even want a chance to place at states. I know a lot of these things but I kept thinking they weren't diseases, lol :)

Does anyone else have any tips like with things I should study for the quiz part? (Any 4h members who participate in showmanship events)
 
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