34 DISEASES OF RABBITS 



Medicinal treatment consists of iron tonic 

 and intestinal antiseptics, stimulants as re- 

 quired and cerebral sedatives if brain symp- 

 toms develop. Saccharated carbonates of iron 

 should be given in from five to ten grain doses. 

 Tincture of catechu, sulpho-carbolates of cal- 

 ciimi, zinc and sodium, and Dover's powder, 

 are especially indicated, and sodium bromide as 

 a cerebral sedative. 



The appetite should be tempted with a 

 varied and sustaining diet, but fresh, wet, green 

 stuff should not be given ; it should be allowed 

 to wilt before being fed. In fact, fresh, wet, 

 green stuff should not under any circumstances 

 ever be fed to rabbits, as for some unexplained 

 reason it seems to favor the invasion of the 

 coccidia. There is no scientific explanation for 

 this fact, but the fact remains, and such diet 

 should be avoided. 



The bodies of rabbits dying from coccidiosis 

 should invariably be cremated, not fed to dogs 

 or cats, or left lying on the manure heap, and 

 the dung from infected animals should not be 

 used as fertilizer. 



