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mosis or not is not yet deiSnitely determined; 

 if so it is in all probability conveyed by a tick, 

 but the fact that rabbits usually recover from 

 the disease rather points to some other causa- 

 tive agent. It is more probable that the 

 diet has much to do with producing the condi- 

 tion, especially green stuff gathered from 

 hedge-rows, etc., where are to be found many 

 acrid weeds and grasses that might easily irri- 

 tate the kidneys. 



Hematuria, it should be remembered, is also 

 a symptom of advanced coccidiosis. 



Symptoms. — The animal is dull and hstless, 

 appetite as a rule unimpaired, and the urine 

 is colored by contained blood.. 



Treatment.— -Chie&y dietetic. The animal 

 should receive an oimce of water, in which bran 

 or barley has been soaked for twenty-four 

 hom-s, twice daily. The diet should consist of 

 the usual ration of meal, and hay, but grass 

 and green stuff should be withheld. Recovery 

 usually takes about a week to ten days. 



Paraplegia 



Rabbits that are kept cooped up in small 

 hutches and are not allowed sufficient exercise 

 or are kept in damp and insanitary surround- 

 ings often develop paralysis in the hind legs. 

 The exact pathology of this condition is not 

 known, but it seldom attacks animals kept 

 under favorable conditions of exercise and 

 sanitation. i ! 



