Domestic animals are exposed to harmful bacteria and viruses, vaccinations are given to rabbits for the purpose of disease prevention. The peculiarity of these pets is that most of their hurts do not respond to treatment. And there is always a risk of transmission to the rest of the individuals. The injection made in time becomes a guarantee of their life.
Do rabbits need vaccinations?
Like any creature on the ground, the domestic ears are exposed to malicious viruses and bacteria. They are transferred:
- insects (flies, fleas, mosquitoes);
- rodents (mice, rats);
- fall into the stomach with feed;
- transmitted from sick animals, through inventory.
Not encountering opposition, the viruses multiply and cause a malfunction in the body. Often, pets suffer from myxomatosis and hemorrhagic disease, paratyphoid, pasteurellosis. When deciding whether to vaccinate rabbits, it is important to simply assess the level of threat to their life during infection. In 99% of cases, diseases lead to the death of animals - they are not treated. Therefore, it is necessary to do preventive vaccination for pets, adhering to a certain scheme.
Vaccinations for decorative rabbits - how to prepare a pet?
Before vaccination it is required to carry out some measures so that the animal's organism normally reacts to the load:
- to make prophylaxis of worms;
- a week not to bathe;
- a couple of days before the injection to measure body temperature - it should fluctuate in the range of 38.5-39.5 degrees;
- watch the pet - pay attention to the nature of the chair, discharge from the nose, color and amount of urine.
There is a list of points that can make vaccination ineffective:
- only absolutely healthy animals are allowed to inject. If the pet exhibits a deviation in behavior, a lack of appetite, a fever, the injection is useless and dangerous;
- The injections are not done at a temperature on the street more than 28 degrees;
- it is important to check the expiry date of the medication (18 months from the date of manufacture), store it in the refrigerator;
- already infected with the ears, the vaccine does not help - it contains a small dose of the virus to produce antibodies by the body. And if the pet is already sick, his condition will worsen.
Babies need help to strengthen the defenses of the body. According to the generally accepted vaccination scheme, the first inoculations are administered to rabbits at the age of 45 days, with the animal mass reaching 500 grams. The second is appointed 3 months after the initial injection (during this period, there is strengthening immunity for the disease). Revaccination is planned every six months throughout life.
Glystoynnye preparations for rabbits before grafting
An important condition in preparing for injection - before the procedure you need to do deworming. This is the procedure for prophylaxis against worms. Eggs of helminths can enter the animal's body from food, grass, from another kindred. If they are present in the body of the animal, then they poison the body and suppress immunity. For prevention there are many drugs that can quickly and effectively cure the rodent without causing harm to it.
Than glistenitis of rabbits before vaccination:
- Shustrik - suspension;
- Dirofen - paste;
- Parasicid is a suspension with a sweet taste.
On the animal's body, these drugs have a gentle effect, and the worms will be driven away. Medications are given to pets two weeks before vaccination, during which time the rodent's organism will have time to recover. If you previously performed deworming planned, then for three months after it you can make an injection without additional feeding of anthelmintic agents.
Can pregnant rabbits be vaccinated?
Vaccinate females with all types of drugs is allowed at virtually any time. But it is better to plant the mother before pregnancy because of a possible bad reaction to the medication. And then in a week and a half plan the mating. Immunity after the injection is valid for six months - this time is enough for the bearing and feeding of babies. Vaccinations for rabbits pregnant if necessary can be done, it is undesirable to carry out the procedure during feeding. It is interesting that babies receive the first immunity with the milk of the female, so the young are vaccinated in the third month of life.
What vaccinations should be done for rabbits?
Vaccination of pets is an obligatory requirement for their successful breeding and maintenance. Vaccinations are administered to rabbits, even if the animal lives constantly in the house and does not go out into the street, because the viruses are very insidious and can be on the shoes, the owner's clothes. Basic vaccinations for rabbits:
- VGBC ( viral hemorrhagic disease );
- myxomatosis ;
- rabies (when traveling abroad).
The schedule of vaccinations for rabbits (there are two types):
- Associated vaccines (VGBC + myxomatosis)
- in 45 days (the weight of the pet is not less than 500 grams);
- in 4,5 months - repeat;
- revaccination every six months.
- in 45 days from myxomatosis;
- in 10 days from the VGBK;
- in 4,5 months - again myxomatosis;
- 10 days later - again the VGBK;
- revaccination is done every six months with an interval of 10 days.
There are still some varieties of vaccinations for rabbits - from rabies, helminths, paratyphoid. They are not obligatory and are put by the animal at the doctor's discretion. The timing of vaccination should be strictly maintained, especially during epidemics. Drugs should be bought in veterinary pharmacies, check the shelf life, keep them at a temperature of no higher than +4 degrees.
Inoculation against myxomatosis in rabbits
This terrible purulent disease, the virus is carried by mosquitoes, affects the digestive tract, mucous membranes. It is not treated, the mortality rate is 70-100%. Symptoms - conjunctivitis, swelling, wheezing, cough. Vaccinations for rabbits from myxomatosis are made in the form of dry yellow mass, are diluted according to the instructions and are administered intramuscularly by a syringe or subcutaneously by a special injector.
During the outbreak of the epidemic, the medicine can begin to be pricked from the 28th day of the baby's life. If there is no threat - according to the schedule of monovaccines or complex preparations. Experienced breeders emphasize when it is necessary to vaccinate rabbits - dangerous periods of myxomatosis fall in the spring and autumn. At this time it is better to conduct a half-year revaccination. The following preparations are used:
- Rabivvak-V (Russia);
- Pokrovskaya vaccine (Russia);
- Lapimun Mix (Ukraine);
- complex vaccines.
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Vaccination against rabies rabbit
Eared animals such a terrible disease almost do not get sick. But if they are bitten by a sick animal, the pet dies - he is affected by the nervous system and the brain. Therefore, in mandatory vaccinations rabies are infested with rabies - without such protection they are not allowed into an airplane or a train. This is especially true for decorative rocks that travel with their owners. The vaccination can be carried out at the age of 2-2,5 months. A common vaccine is used for all animals. When planning a trip, the injection is done in advance - at least 30 days before the trip. Revaccination - a year.
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Vaccinations for rabbits from chicken
There is its one formidable disease, which affects individuals from 1.5 months. It causes stagnation in the liver and hemorrhage, proceeds quickly, leads to death. Symptoms - discharge from the nose, high fever, refusal of food. Many breeders of furry animals call the disease "plague." In fact, this is a dangerous hemorrhagic (HBH), included in mandatory vaccination. A plague carnivorous rabbits are not sick. The main thing to know at what age vaccinations are made to rabbits, strictly adhere to the schedule. Then dangerous diseases will bypass animals.
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Vaccination for rabbits from hemorrhagic disease
The disease is transmitted through food, cells, from sick relatives and rodents through the air. From hemorrhagic disease (VGBK) pets start to be vaccinated from a month of age with the threat of an epidemic. If the pet died within a few days after the injection, then it was previously infected with the virus. What vaccinations are put to rabbits from hemorrhagic disease:
- Rabivvak-V (Russia);
- Lapimun-gem (Ukraine);
- Pastorin (Czech Republic);
- Pokrovskaya vaccine (Russia);
- complex vaccines
Inoculations to rabbits from helminths
To combat an unpleasant disease, Levomizol is used. It is used either orally or in the form of injections. In addition to medicinal properties, the drug has a positive effect on the immune system. Injection from worms is not mandatory - it can be used as a dehelminthizing agent two weeks before the main vaccination. It is important that inoculations to dwarf rabbits are made according to the general scheme, but it is necessary to monitor the weight of the pet and wait that it will gain a half-kilogram weight. In small animals, complications after drugs are more pronounced.
Complex vaccination for rabbits
Modern veterinary medicine practices the use of associated vaccines that protect against several diseases. More common complexes from VBGK and myxomatosis - in the package there are two vials that are mixed before use. The first vaccinations for rabbits are given according to the schedule of combined vaccines - in 1.5 months. It is important to have a passport for pets and do not violate the deadlines. After vaccination, rabbits need quarantine for a couple of weeks - cell disinfection, cleaning and proper nutrition are required. Also a month apart from the herd contains new pets.
How to vaccinate a rabbit?
You can put the injection yourself. In this case, the main thing is to properly observe the conditions of storage and transportation of drugs, check the expiration date. To put vaccinations on homemade rabbits, you need to buy a vaccine, an insulin syringe. The dry mixture is diluted with distilled water, one injection is 0.5 ml. Diluted suspension is stored no more than 3 hours. The site of the injection is disinfected with alcohol. Vaccination of rabbits at home is done in the hindbone intramuscularly, while the animal must be carefully fixed.