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Image Corneal dystrophy
Corneal dystrophy is often seen in rabbits with advanced chronic renal failure
Located in Media / Images / Eye disease
Image Mineral blocks ( 1/19)
Mineral blocks can provide an alarmingly high amount of calcium to rabbits that chew large amounts. The calcium content is approximately 19% and there is very little water. A rabbit would only need to eat a nineteenth of one of the bars shown in this image to meet the Recommended Daily Allowance of 500mg. If the rabbit chews large amounts, it places a high burden on the kidneys and bladder to excrete the large amount of calcium. This would be alright in a rabbit with a healthy urinary tract but could easily cause problems in a rabbit with compromised kidney or bladder function. Another problem with mineral blocks is the small particle size of the powder. These particles will be moved into the caecum by the motility of the hindgut and could add to impaction problems in rabbits that are dehydrated or have consumed large amounts of the block. They also have a very low phosphorus content and a highly inverse calcium to phosphorus ratio.
Located in Media / / DIET / AMOUNT OF FOOD THAT PROVIDES RDA OF CALCIUM
Image D source code Pale kidney
Shock readily causes renal vasoconstriction in rabbits that can result in acute renal failure
Located in Media / / MACROSCOPIC CHANGES / LIVER
Image JPEG image Scarred pitted kidney
Focal, depressed areas of the kidney are typical of infection with Encephalitozoon cuniculi. The disease causes granulomatous lesions in the kidneys that become pitted and scarred with fibrotic areas
Located in Media / / MACROSCOPIC CHANGES / KIDNEY