Introduction

• To access intestinal tract for external or intraluminal surgery.

Print-off the Owner Factsheet on Caring for your rabbit before and after surgery to give to your clients.

Uses

• Intestinal foreign bodies.
• Intussusception.
• Neoplasia.
• Accidental intra-operative trauma.

Preparation

Procedure

Aftercare

Outcomes

Prognosis

• Good if underlying disease corrected.

Further Reading

Publications

Refereed papers

• Recent references from PubMed and VetMedResource.
• Ozawa S M, Hawkins M G, Drazenovich T L, Kass P H & Knych H K (2019) Pharmacokinetics of maropitant citrate in New Zealand White rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Am J Vet Res 80 (10), 963-968 PubMed.
• Mancinelli E (2018) Investigating evidence for using maropitant in exotic species. Vet Times 48 (25) VetTimes.
• Szabo Z, Bradley K & Cahalane A K (2016) Rabbit soft tissue surgery. Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract 19 (1), 159-188 PubMed.
• Li Z R, Chi Y L & Ke R C (2000) Sutureless end-to-end bowel anastomosis in rabbit using low power CO₂ laser. World J Gastroenterology 6 (4), 557-560 PubMed.
• Vlasak J W, Kopchok G E & White R A (1998) Closure of rabbit ileum enterotomies with the argon and CO₂ lasers: bursting pressures and histology. Lasers Surg Med 8 (5), 527-532 PubMed.

Other sources of information

• Varga M (2014) Digestive Disorders. In: Textbook of Rabbit Medicine. 2nd edn. Butterworth Heinemann, UK. pp 303-349.
• Jenkins J R (2012) Soft Tissue Surgery. In: Ferrets, Rabbits and Rodents Clinical Medicine and Surgery. 3rd edn. Eds: Quesenberry K E & Carpenters J W. Saunders, USA. pp 269-278.
• Richardson V (2000) Rabbits, Health, Husbandry and Disease. Blackwell Scientific, UK.
• Jenkins J R & Brown S A (1993) A Practitioner's Guide to Rabbits and Ferrets. American Animal Hospital Association, USA.