RESUMO
Rabbit medicine has been continuously evolving over time with increasing popularity and demand. Tremendous advances have been made in rabbit medicine over the past 5 years, including the use of imaging tools for otitis and dental disease management, the development of laboratory testing for encephalitozoonosis, or determination of prognosis in rabbits. Recent pharmacokinetic studies have been published, providing additional information on commonly used antibiotics and motility-enhancer drugs, as well as benzimidazole toxicosis. This article presents a review of evidence-based advances for liver lobe torsions, thymoma, and dental disease in rabbits and controversial and new future promising areas in rabbit medicine.
Assuntos
Prática Clínica Baseada em Evidências/normas , Coelhos , Medicina Veterinária/normas , Animais , Encefalitozoonose/diagnóstico , Encefalitozoonose/veterinária , Hepatopatias/diagnóstico , Hepatopatias/veterinária , Otite/diagnóstico , Otite/veterinária , Doenças Estomatognáticas/diagnóstico , Doenças Estomatognáticas/terapia , Doenças Estomatognáticas/veterinária , Timoma/cirurgia , Timoma/veterináriaRESUMO
Thymic tumors are uncommon in small domestic animals, and thymomas are infrequently reported in rabbits. This report presents a 7-year-old Netherland dwarf rabbit with an anterior mediastinal mass which caused hyperpnea, open-mouth breathing, swelling of the head, and exophthalmos. The mass was composed predominantly of lymphocytes, but the presence of thymic epithelial cells established the histologic diagnosis of thymoma.