(Article first published in VetScript, New Zealand Veterinary Association, August 2020).
This case study describes necropsy, cytological, and histopathological findings in a 10-week-old rabbit that died with severe hepatic coccidiosis.
SUMMARY:
Eimeria stiedae is an important cause of mortality in weanling rabbits, and clinical signs of infection vary with the severity of infection. In mild cases rabbits may have growth retardation. In heavily infected cases rabbits may show signs related to hepatic pathology including dullness, anorexia and debilitation, and/or diarrhoea and/or constipation. Hepatomegaly, ascites and icterus are also reported.