title: Assessment and Care of the Critically Ill Rabbit.
abstract: Rabbits have the ability to hide their signs and often present in a state of decompensatory shock. Handling can increase susceptibility to stress-induced cardiomyopathy and specific hemodynamic changes. Careful monitoring with a specific reference range is important to detect early decompensation, change the therapeutic plan in a timely manner, and assess prognostic indicators. Fluid requirements are higher in rabbits than in other small domestic mammals and can be corrected both enterally and parenterally. Critical care in rabbits can be extrapolated to many hindgut fermenters, but a specific reference range and dosage regimen need to be determined.
authors.affiliation: Exotic Department, Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire Frégis, 43 Avenue Aristide Briand, Arcueil 94110, France. Electronic address: nacologie@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Minh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huynh
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency and Critical Care, Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire Frégis, 43 Avenue Aristide Briand, Arcueil 94110, France.
authors.forename: Anaïs
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boyeaux
authors.affiliation: Exotics Medicine Service, Alfort National Veterinary School, 7 avenue du Général de Gaulle, Maisons-Alfort 94700, France.
authors.forename: Charly
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pignon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis / Q000662:veterinary; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000662:veterinary; D003422:Critical Care; D005440:Fluid Therapy / Q000662:veterinary; D010092:Oximetry / Q000662:veterinary; D011817:Rabbits; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D014730:Veterinary Medicine
keywords: Critical care; Emergency; Fluid therapy; Hypovolemia; Rabbit; Shock; Stress