Jump to content

Can anyone tell me what it is.


Guss33

Recommended Posts

Being catching a lot of rabbits with their livers looking like this. The rabbits look good and healthy but we don’t eat them , we give them to the dogs. Is it just a fatty buildup is their any body out their that has seen the same or could tell me what it is. 48CC486A-6224-49C9-9A13-DB0102A9FEFF.png.151c1cd979742a0f1830dcabfb17d290.png9551FE0A-C0DD-44A3-98BE-83FE0C2EE30D.png.5856415e305b06b099f951edb882523c.png9551FE0A-C0DD-44A3-98BE-83FE0C2EE30D.png.5856415e305b06b099f951edb882523c.png

Link to post

3 hours ago, Guss33 said:

Being catching a lot of rabbits with their livers looking like this. The rabbits look good and healthy but we don’t eat them , we give them to the dogs. Is it just a fatty buildup is their any body out their that has seen the same or could tell me what it is. 48CC486A-6224-49C9-9A13-DB0102A9FEFF.png.151c1cd979742a0f1830dcabfb17d290.png9551FE0A-C0DD-44A3-98BE-83FE0C2EE30D.png.5856415e305b06b099f951edb882523c.png9551FE0A-C0DD-44A3-98BE-83FE0C2EE30D.png.5856415e305b06b099f951edb882523c.png

 I've always put it down to Coccidiosis .

Edited by comanche
  • Like 6
Link to post

What's it look like cutting open the liver? I've not seen that on livers before but it's not unusual to see similar looking white flecks in cysts in rabbit muscles. Those muscle cysts are a life stage of a protozoan parasite and I don't feed those rabbits to ferrets. So I don't know about livers but fat accumulation around kidneys comes away leaving no mark on the kidney or skin

  • Like 1
Link to post

It could be anyone of the 3 conditions mentioned above, if the rabbits are from pasture land i would go with the parasitic ones as i remember an old boy telling me that the rabbits caught the parasite from where snails had been traveling in the wet grass, Could be a load of old baloney though as he was pissed at the time ? 

Link to post
57 minutes ago, Guss33 said:

1BE5CBCA-A9E5-476E-86A3-2CDB94A4070E.png.549b92c8e9f6ae06f5ca1ec7f622efc6.png1BE5CBCA-A9E5-476E-86A3-2CDB94A4070E.png.549b92c8e9f6ae06f5ca1ec7f622efc6.pngWent out again today to a different spot and still found the same thing with the rabbits and as someone had asked I have cut the liver in half and it is right through it. 

629696F3-B535-495C-9D91-0DD1243167C3.png

That sort of cirrhosis is quite common in rabbits . 

Without a vetinary inspection you'll never know but it doesn't look like fluke

My money is still on the coccidiosis  parasite but that's  a good bet because all rabbits carry it .   It affects little rabbits badly  but as they age they aquire a level of immunity. After that the cocci and similar parasites usually only erupt to dangerous levels in older rabbits under stressful conditions. Which could include  chills caused by damp  weather and that rabbits' digestive system  is not designed for wet food. 

Scarred livers don't  necessarily indicate that the rabbits are suffering as they might  indicate recovery from past  infection  .

It's  also possible  that  there may be more than one factor affecting the rabbit at the same time. So without a microscope and vetinary training it's  hard to know for sure.

As my rabbit farming book says " The carcasses are fine to eat but the delicious livers go to waste ."

 

 

The liver scarring might well 

 

  • Like 2
Link to post

How bad is is coccidiosis would you feed them to your dogs or ferrets as I have being letting old mate who I go out with taking them and he has bing them to his dogs and ferrets.  I also appreciate all the feed back.  

Link to post

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    No registered users viewing this page.

×
×
  • Create New...