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  Rabbit Ear Base Abscesses

  Jo Hedley, Head of the Exotics and Small Mammals Service Facial abscesses are a common presentation in the pet rabbit and usually associated with dental disease. In recent years, however, many more rabbits seem to be presenting with ear base …
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  Faecolith in a White Park Calf

  James Adams, Staff Clinician in Large Animal Internal Medicine The Farm Animal Clinical Centre (FACC) was referred a five-month-old White Park castrated male calf who had been dull and depressed for two weeks. The calf had initially been diagnosed …
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  Listeriosis Goat

  A pygmy goat was admitted the RVC after five days history of being depressed. He was treated for an upper respiratory tract infection by the referring vet but developed multiple cranial nerve deficits and became anorexic.
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  Small Mammal Traumas are Not Always Easy to Spot

  Traumatic injuries are unfortunately a fairly common problem in the small mammal. Sometimes the cause can be obvious such as a fall or predator attack, whereas in other cases the initial cause remains a mystery.
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  Rabbit Partial Hemimandibulectomy at the Beaumont’s Exotics Service

  A three-year-old rabbit, was referred to the Exotics and Small Mammals Service at the RVC’s Beaumont Sainsbury Animal Hospital for assessment of an ongoing facial abscess.
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  Guinea Pig Fracture

  Jo Hedley, Head of the RVC Exotics Service Traumatic injuries are unfortunately a fairly common problem in the small mammal. Sometimes the cause can be obvious such as a fall or predator attack, whereas in other cases the initial cause remains a …
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  30 Years of Progress at the QMHA

  The Queen Mother Hospital for Animals (QMHA) has come a long way since being established 30 years ago.
• Fact File

  Encephalitozoon cuniculi in rabbits

  E. cuniculi is a pathogen that primarily affects the nervous system and kidneys of rabbits

• Rabbit Health Alert

  

  Sadly we have confirmed the presence of the rabbit haemorrhage disease virus two (RHD2 virus) in London.  This is the first time we have diagnosed this fatal disease in this area. We encourage everyone who has not yet done so to bring their …

   19 Dec 2016

  Sadly we have confirmed the presence of the rabbit haemorrhage disease virus two (RHD2 virus) in …

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  Rabbit Vaccination Concerns

  Nadene Stapleton, Veterinary Surgeon (Exotics) at the Royal Veterinary College's Beaumont Sainsbury Animal Hospital discusses the problem of animals not being vaccinated, incuding pet rabbits, which are at risk of a fatal infectious disease.