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Myxomatosis skin lesion
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Myxomatosis does not only affect the eyelids, nares and genitalia. It can cause circular crusting lesions anywhere on the body. In vaccinated or other rabbits with partial immunity, there may be solitary or multiple lesions that do not seem to worry the rabbit. This lesion is on the ear. Over a course of 4-8 weeks, these 'atypical' myxomatosis lesions will dry out and fall off. The main differential diagnoses are ringworm, a crusting skin tumour such as a melanoma, an injection reaction or an infected bite wound.
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Myxomatosis in a case that recovered
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This image shows a rabbit with myxomatosis. He was lucky to make a full recovery. About three weeks after the photo was taken, the lesions slowly started to dry out and drop off leaving scars on the eyelids and nose.
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Myxomatosis survivor
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This wild rabbit was nursed through myxomatosis. The damage to his ears was due to fighting. The necrotic scabs around his ears, eyes and nostrils were coming away.
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Recovering from myxomatosis
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Recovery from myxomatosis, especially in unvaccinated rabbits, is not impossible. This rabbit survived an outbreak that killed her companion and four youngsters. The image is taken just after the crusting lesions had fallen away and the skin was healing.
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Scars from myxomatosis
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This picture shows the end results of myxomatosis lesions. The rabbit had made a full recovery from the infection but was left with scars around the eyelids and nasal planum
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Myxomatosis full blown
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This photograph shows a rabbit with myxomatosis. The eyelids are very swollen and nodular lesions are starting to develop on the eyelids, nostrils and face.
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Atypical myxomatosis
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Crusting circular skin lesions can occur without systemic signs in some rabbits, especially vaccinated ones. This syndrome may called 'atypical myxomatosis' and is probably due to mild infection in rabbits with partial immunity. The lesions are typical of rabbits that recover from myxomatosis. They eventually crust over and drop off. The rabbit shown in this picture made a full recovery. She was vaccinated but exposed to myxomatosis during a severe outbreak in neighbouring wild rabbits.
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Myxomatosis swollen eyelids
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Thickened eyelids are the first sign of myxomatosis although there may be a nodular skin lesion at the site of initial inoculation somewhere else on the body. The eyelids continue to become thickened, inflamed and infected over the next few days before nodular lesions develop especially on the eyelids, nasal planum, face, base of the pinnae and genitalia.
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Severe myxomatosis
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This rabbit had been adopted by her new owners a few weeks previously. During the pre-anaesthetic check prior to neutering, it became evident that there were wild rabbits with myxomatosis near her new home. She was vaccinated against myxomatosis and RHD immediately and spayed the next day. Unfortunately she developed signs of severe myxomatosis despite vaccination. It is possible that she didn't respond to the vaccination because the was either incubating the disease or the stress of neutering interfered with her immune response.
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Myxomatosis nodular eye lesions
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This image shows the nodular appearance of the eyelid lesions in advanced cases of myxomatosis. In this case, the crusts that were covering the nodules had fallen off . Eventually the nodules regressed and the rabbit recovered.
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