title: Pet rabbits.
abstract: Pet rabbits are becoming more common, and rabbit owners are demanding quality veterinary care. This article provides a broad overview of pet rabbit medicine, which is a relatively new field compared to laboratory and farm rabbit medicine. The most common differential diagnoses for presenting complaints are summarized in table form. Disease conditions are reviewed individually in the text. Sources of further information on veterinary care of rabbits are listed throughout the text, in an appendix, and in the references.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Hillyer
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000662:veterinary; D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D052776:Female Urogenital Diseases / Q000662:veterinary; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000662:veterinary; D007239:Infections / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D052801:Male Urogenital Diseases; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000662:veterinary; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000662:veterinary; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000662:veterinary; D011817:Rabbits / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000662:veterinary; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000662:veterinary; D013048:Specimen Handling