sooz22
15-02-2007, 21:25
Not comon practice currently but it should be. Panacur Rabbit has just been remarketed by vets as a annual treatment against parasites in rabbits. It should now be offered alongside your routine vaccinations against Myxi and VHD. Heres why you should use it:
It is not common knowledge that rabbits suffer from the same worms and parasites as many other animals but they do and symptoms such as weightloss are often a common side effect. If your rabbit has not been wormed then symptoms such as this may be attributed to parasites when really the cause is something more serious such as maloclussion or kidney damage.
However the best reason to get your rabbit wormed is to protect against a parasite known as E.Cuniculi. It is estimated that 1 in 2 domestic rabbits are exposed to this infectious parasite during their lives. Many contract it from their mother at birth. EC can cause neurological damage and head tilt, blindness, weight loss and organ damage such as renal failure if left untreated. Ultimately this will end in death.
Please have your rabbit wormed every year or, if you aquire a rabbit, along with its first vacaccinations and at anytime when you add a new rabbit to your family.
I have seen first hand how devastating the effects of this parasite can be, dont let your rabbit go through it!
It is not common knowledge that rabbits suffer from the same worms and parasites as many other animals but they do and symptoms such as weightloss are often a common side effect. If your rabbit has not been wormed then symptoms such as this may be attributed to parasites when really the cause is something more serious such as maloclussion or kidney damage.
However the best reason to get your rabbit wormed is to protect against a parasite known as E.Cuniculi. It is estimated that 1 in 2 domestic rabbits are exposed to this infectious parasite during their lives. Many contract it from their mother at birth. EC can cause neurological damage and head tilt, blindness, weight loss and organ damage such as renal failure if left untreated. Ultimately this will end in death.
Please have your rabbit wormed every year or, if you aquire a rabbit, along with its first vacaccinations and at anytime when you add a new rabbit to your family.
I have seen first hand how devastating the effects of this parasite can be, dont let your rabbit go through it!