Equipment

• Infant-sized stethoscope essential for most rabbits.
• Pediatric stethoscope suitable for giant breeds.
• Electronic stethoscopes may also be used allowing digital recording of heart sounds.

Clinical purpose

Other aspects of clinical examination in cardiac cases

Further Reading

Publications

Refereed papers

• Recent references from PubMed and VetMedResource.

Other sources of information

• Quesenberry K E & Carpenter J W (2012) Ferrets, Rabbits and Rodents. Clinical Medicine and Surgery. 3rd edn. Elsevier-Saunders, St Louis, Missouri.
• Oglesbee B L (2011) Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Small Mammal. 2nd edn. Wiley, USA.
• Meredith A & Flecknell P (2006) Eds BSAVA Manual of Rabbit Medicine and Surgery. 2nd edn. BSAVA, UK.
• Saunders R A & Rees Davies R (2005) Notes on Rabbit Internal Medicine. Blackwell Publishing, UK.
• Harcourt-Brown F (2002) Textbook of Rabbit Medicine. Elsevier, UK.