Exotics

Question 1

Bumblefoot ( polodermatitis ) in guinea pigs

Answer 1

• secondary to poor sanitation, obesity, and wire cage floors or rough bedding
• Px = guarded
• tx - improve sanitation and install smooth floored enclosure

Question 2

Can you give guinea pigs penicillins

Answer 2

HELLL NO

Question 3

agent for snuffles in rabbits

Answer 3

Pasteurella multocida

Question 4

CS of pasteurellosis in rabbits

Answer 4

• rhinitis, conjunctivitis, pneumonia, abscesses, torticollis, septicemia, repro tract infections

Question 5

antibiotics can cause what in rabbits and why

Answer 5

fatal enterocolitis

because they are hind gut fermenters

Question 6

Dx of pasteurellosis in rabbits

Answer 6

Deep nasal swab for culture taken under anesthesia

• High percentage of silent carriers of the organism in the external nasal passage