Re: Urinary incontinence

ilanit — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:17:01 GMT

[quote user="Stephen Courtney"]

There is a dose rate for propalin in rabbits in the BSAVA formulary

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Would you mind checking it for me? I cannot find the dose anywhere. It's not in my BSAVA formulary, but maybe that's outdated?

Blood test were ok (see below) and so were X-ray and US. No response after 2 weeks TMPS and meloxicam. I am running out of ideas now.

Only concerning bit is that owner says rabbit is a bit 'down'. Moves around less than normal. Temp at clinic was around 40.0 C, but I guess for a stressed rabbit that's not so bad? Maybe it's just misserable because it's dirty?

Anything I overlooked here?

PS rads were with owner, so did not manage to upload.

Rabbit Profile/Guinea Pig Profile

Urea (BUN)	4.9		4.6 - 10.3	mmol/l
Creatinine	91		71 - 159	umol/l
Total protein	63		54 - 75	g/l
GGT	7		1 - 13	U/l
AST (GOT)	40.5		< 249	U/l
GLDH	26.5			U/l
Glucose	7.9		4.2 - 8.6	mmol/l
Fructosamine	314		314 - 527	umol/l
CK	855	++	100 - 500	U/l
LDH	302	+	34 - 129	U/l
Triglycerides	2.0	--	2.8 - 4.4	mmol/l
Calcium	3.6		3.1 - 3.9	mmol/l
Phosphate	0.9	-	1.2 - 2.0	mmol/l
Haemogram

Leukocytes	4.9	-	6 - 12	G/l
Erythrocytes	5.11		4 - 7	T/l
Haemoglobin	11.5		8 - 15	g/dl
Packed cell volume (PCV)	42		30 - 50	%
MCV	81	++	59 - 75	fl
HbE	23		19.5 - 24.7	pg
MCHC	28	--	31.1 - 34.8	g/dl
Thrombocytes	407		115 - 940	G/l
Differential blood count					1)

Basophils	0		1 - 7	%
Eosinophils	0		0 - 4	%
Band neutrophils	0			%
Segmented neutrophils	55		20 - 75	%
Lymphocytes	45		30 - 85	%
Monocytes	0		1 - 4	%
Basophils (absolute)	0			/ul
Eosinophils (absolute)	0			/ul
Band neutrophils (absolute)	0			/ul
Segmented neutrophils (abs)	2668			/ul
Lymphocytes (absolute)	2182			/ul
Monocytes (absolute)	0			/ul
Atypical cells	0		0
Anisocytosis	+	++	negative
Polychromasia	+	++	negative
E. cuniculi antibodies in serum IFT (Immunofluorescence test)	negative		< 1:80	Titer	2)

Interpretation:

2)    
An antibody titer (IgG) <1:80 in the indirect immunofluorescence test is
considered as negative result. In case of further existing clinical symptoms
suspicious for Encephalitozoonosis, it is recommended to repeat the antibody
test in 3-4 weeks time.

Re: Urinary incontinence

Stephen Courtney — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:56:27 GMT

There is a dose rate for propalin in rabbits in the BSAVA formulary

Re: Urinary incontinence

ilanit — Thu, 24 May 2012 11:38:09 GMT

Thank you!

I will try to upload X-ray if I have a chance

Re: Urinary incontinence

Mark Rowland — Thu, 24 May 2012 09:42:34 GMT

Hello Ilanit

I would go for the bloods as you suggest. Biochem, haem and EC titre. Pending those results I would switch to TMS at 30mg/Kg po bid and meloxicam at 0.5 mg/Kg bid.

I would hold fire with the hormones until other things are ruled out.

A US scan wouldnt hurt.

Post the Rads if you wish

Goodluck