{"topic_id":"exotic_rabbit_dental_disease","category":"exotic-pet-health","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_rabbit_dental_disease\ncategory: exotic-pet-health\ntitle: \"Rabbit dental disease — continuously growing (elodont) teeth predispose to malocclusion and abscesses\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Merck Veterinary Manual — Rabbit dental disease — continuously growing (elodont) teeth predispose to malocclusion and abscesses\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_rabbit_gi_stasis.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-28\ntokens_estimated: 220\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Merck Veterinary Manual\"\n  title: \"Rabbit dental disease — continuously growing (elodont) teeth predispose to malocclusion and abscesses\"\n  url: \"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/rabbits/noninfectious-diseases-of-rabbits\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-28\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"professional veterinary reference\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n# Rabbit dental disease\n\nThe text below is reproduced verbatim from the first-hand source (Merck Veterinary Manual).\n\n> Dental disease may present as excess salivation (slobbers), teeth grinding, or anorexia.\n> Occasionally, the cheek teeth overgrow and cause severe tongue or buccal lesions\n> Dental abscesses may develop as a consequence of foreign bodies\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_rabbit_gi_stasis.txt` (first-hand professional veterinary reference, tag-stripped).\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n- `Dental disease may present as excess salivation (slobbers), teeth grinding, or anorexia.`\n- `Occasionally, the cheek teeth overgrow and cause severe tongue or buccal lesions`\n- `Dental abscesses may develop as a consequence of foreign bodies`\n","sources":["exotic-pet-health — Rabbit dental disease — continuously growing (elodont) teeth predispose to malocclusion and abscesses (retrieved 2026-07-28)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-health","title":"Rabbit dental disease — continuously growing (elodont) teeth predispose to malocclusion and abscesses","url":"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/rabbits/noninfectious-diseases-of-rabbits","retrieved":"2026-07-28","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_rabbit_gi_stasis.txt"},"source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","source_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_rabbit_gi_stasis.txt","tokens_estimated":220,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}