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orient imes disease has been taken to a healthy rabbi try by does taken for 

 breeding. It is well to subject ;ill stock of Ibis kind to a very riirid examination. 



P.elow is given a list of the uios! prevalent ailments and diseases attacking 

 rabbits: 



J.NDKiKSTTOX, " I () T-I'.KI .I.Y." FlTS, CONSTIPATION, AND DlARRIKI A. 



Ka eh of those ailments can be brought on through irregularity of feeding; poor 

 quality feeds; excess of greenstufl's, we! or stale: lack of variety and exercise; over- 

 feeding. es])ecially of wet mashes that sour quickly. 



Tn-nhncnt. Remove causes if any of the above, and give rabbit a small quantity 

 daily of shorts for diarrlnea and bran for constipation, moistened with buttermilk 

 if obtainable. A little boiled rice can be given at noon, and at night a limited 

 amount of greenstuff can be fed. Flowers of sulphur, castor-oil, or dissolved Epsom 

 salts may be given with the moistened shorts. One-half teaspoonful of one or the 

 other thrice a week will be found about the right dose. If possible* the sick animal 

 should be allowed more exercise if usually kept in a small hutch. It should be 

 borne in mind, in fact, that where rabbits are kept in quarters other than hutches 

 most of these ailments never appear, owing to the extra exercise they are able 

 to take. 



COLDS. 



This disease is similar to roup and catarrhal colds in poultry. Experimentally, 

 rabbits have been successfully inoculated with the germs of poultry-roup. 



Tr< <itnicnt. This is only recommended when specimens are only slightly affected 

 and it is desired that they be kept for special reasons, sueh as good exhibition 

 points or excellent breeding qualities. The matter should be wiped from eyes and 

 nose and the cloth immediately burnt. Then thrust the nose of the rabbit into a 

 solution made by mixing one Sellers' tablet in % pint of water. A medicine-dropper 

 (or fountain-pen filler) should be used for dropping some of the solution in each 

 eye. Ilemove the rabbit to well-lighted, clean, dry-littered hutch, and feed sparingly 

 on nourishing feeds, such as bread and milk, good clover-hay, and a little greenstuff. 



EAR-CANKER. 



This disease is contagious and unless noticed quite early an attempt at curing 

 should not be attempted. Occasional examination of all stock, young and old, is 

 advised. This disease has been the means of putting many beginners out of business 

 in this Province. Most of the failures were caused through lack of knowledge of 

 the existence of disease until it had spread too far. 



Treatment. As soon as infection has taken place the diseased stock should be 

 isolated. The ear should be sprayed with the Sellers' tablet solution, and then the 

 affected parts anointed with earbolixed vaseline. Some English authorities recom- 

 mend powdering the spots with flowers of sulphur. 



SKI.V-IUSKASKS MANGE, ECZEMA, SCURF, ETC. 



These diseases are caused by untliriff iness. brought alxnit by unsuitable food, 

 quarters, and lillli. Dispose of affected stock. It is unprofitable to have it around, 

 whether as an advertisement or experiment. 



SLOBBERS. 



A watery discharge from the mouth, and undoubtedly due to intestinal trouble. 

 probably of enteric nature. Treatment is, in the writer's opinion, wasted effort. If 

 affecied animal is mature it is certainly undesirable as a breeder, and if young, 



by immediate disposal, much trouble may be averted. 



SNUFFI i 



Continual siu-exing. with profuse catarrbal discharge, accompanied by heavy. 

 asthmatic-like breathing, describes probably the worst disease, with the exception 

 of coccidiosis (liver-disease i . that attacks rabbits. Immediate killing and burning 



