Dentistry of rodents and rabbits in Kyiv
The full and healthy development of a small pet is a whole complex of measures, in which veterinary dentistry for rodents and rabbits plays an important role.
Rodents can suffer from a wide range of dental problems, from tooth fracture to caries and periodontitis, but the vast majority of cases are associated with the lack of proper abrasion of the tooth surface and its elongation. It is with dental diseases that the appearance of such pathologies as refusal of food, exhaustion, skin diseases, abscesses in the muzzle area, impaired or complete lack of cleaning (self-care), impaired coprophagy (eating feces at night) is often associated.
The following diseases of the oral cavity and teeth in rodents and rabbits are common:
Malocclusion
This pathology occurs for the following reasons:
Malocclusion can develop on both incisors and molars, and can be recognized by the following signs:
Dentistry of rodents and rabbits
When mineral metabolism is disturbed, bone tissue weakens and the root part of the teeth enlarges. If on the lower jaw this can lead to their simple protrusion in the form of tubercles, then when the root part of the teeth of the upper jaw lengthens, the following can develop:
The main reasons are:
Dacryocystitis
Clinical signs:
Purulent discharge from the nasolacrimal duct is an important feature of dacryocystitis, but the discharge may vary from a watery white fluid, not unlike that sometimes seen in epiphora in rabbits, but more profuse, to a thick creamy white discharge, which is most common in dacryocystitis. The purulent exudate often causes and maintains secondary chronic conjunctivitis, blepharitis, and ulcerative keratitis.
Most often, we see secondary chronic conjunctivitis in dacryocystitis. The key feature of the investigation of such cases is to determine whether the discharge from the eyes is the result of localized primary conjunctivitis or, as is more common, the result of dacryocystitis. In dacryocystitis, the appearance of mucopurulent material may be noted directly from the lacrimal punctum or it may be evident by pressing with a finger on the lower eyelid. This will facilitate the discharge of a drop of pus even in early cases of dacryocystitis and is a correct indication that there is inflammation and infection lower down in the nasolacrimal duct and not simply in the conjunctival sac.
Abscesses
It is here that it is possible:
Important! In rodents and rabbits, metabolism and general body processes work much faster than in other animals. Therefore, time plays an important role and can be decisive for the health of the little one.
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