Rabbit pododermatitis / sore hocks (ulcerative; overweight on hard surfaces predisposed)
Verbatim first-hand facts extracted from the Merck Veterinary Manual (local tag-stripped copy in pdf-raw/exotic-health/), retrieved previously and re-used here. All bullets are exact substrings of the cited source and C1-substring verified.
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> Pododermatitis (Sore Hocks) Sore hock, rabbit Image A severe case of sore hock. Overweight rabbits living on hard surfaces are predisposed to this condition. > pododermatitis does not involve the hock but the plantar surface of the metatarsals and, less commonly, the volar surface of the metacarpal-phalangeal region.
Source: pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_rabbit_gi_stasis.txt (first-hand Merck Veterinary Manual text, local copy).
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Pododermatitis (Sore Hocks) Sore hock, rabbit Image A severe case of sore hock. Overweight rabbits living on hard surfaces are predisposed to this condition.pododermatitis does not involve the hock but the plantar surface of the metatarsals and, less commonly, the volar surface of the metacarpal-phalangeal region.