Anti-emetics and emetics

Anti-emetics

•  The rabbit has a very tight cardiac sphincter, and true vomiting is extremely rare:
  • Occasional cases have been recorded of rabbits regurgitating but these may be esophageal regurgitation rather than vomitus. 
  • Terminal cases of mucoid enteropathy and intestinal obstruction sometimes regurgitate gastric material in the agonal stages. 
• The use of anti-emetics is therefore unnecessary in the rabbit (see Modulators of intestinal motility below).

Emetics 

• As above even if induction is attempted the rabbit is physically unable to vomit, and so emetics should not be used even in cases of known toxin ingestion, etc.

Anti-ulcer medications

Antidiarrheal drugs

Laxatives

Modulators of intestinal motility

Others

Further Reading

Publications

Refereed papers

• Recent references from PubMed and VetMedResource.

Other sources of information

• Varga M (2014) Chapter 3: Therapeutics. In: Textbook of Rabbit Medicine. Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford.
• Rees Davies R (2006) Chapter 8: Digestive System and Disorders. In: Manual of Rabbit Medicine.  Eds: Flecknell P & Meredith A. 2nd edn. BSAVA, Quedgeley. 
• Harcourt Brown F (2002) Chapter 4: Therapeutics. In: Textbook of Rabbit Medicine. Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford.
• Harcourt Brown F (2002) Chapter 10: Digestive disorders. In: Textbook of Rabbit Medicine. Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford.