60 DISEASES OF RABBITS 



junctivitis, independently of the catarrhal con- 

 ditions produced, by coccidiosis. The symp- 

 toms are far mildef than in the latter disease. 

 Nevertheless the possibility of coccididial in- 

 fection should not be lost sight of and the usual 

 precaution of isolation should be carried out. 



Symptoms. — ^A catarrhal discharge from 

 the nose accompanied with cough, anorexia 

 and general listlessness. The conjunctiva is 

 congested and there is a catarrhal discharge 

 from the' eyes. A microscopical examination 

 of the nasal discharge and feces should be 

 made and the absence or presence of coccidia 

 determined. The rabbit's feces quite frequent- 

 ly contain a few coccidia as a very large per- 

 centage of rabbits are carriers but the finding 

 of only a few in the feces and none in the na^sal 

 discharge wiU confirm the diagnosis of simple 

 catarrh. 



Treatment.^i.so\siie. and provide comfort- 

 able quarters, clean and dry, warm .but with 

 proper ventilation and provide plenty of fresh, 

 clean water. Soft hay and mashes should be 

 given as diet, and ten minims of etheris nitro^si 

 given in a little milk twice daily. The eyes 

 and nose should be bathed two or three times a 

 day with a five percent solution of boric acid 

 and kept free of discharge. 



Hematuria 



Whether this condition is a true piroplas- 



