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Fungal hepatitis - anyone got any experience/info?

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wiggie

Alpha Buck
I was wondering if anyone can tell me anything about fungal hepatitis in rabbits?
After loosing weight rapidly Bambam was x-rayed, scanned, had blood tests, and biopsies of liver, gall-bladder and bone marrow (due to having virtually no white blood cells). The culmination is he has fungal hepatitis. We are waiting for sensitivities to find out the best course of treatment. The bone marrow biopsy didn't come up with anything but this may not mean anything as the vet was unsure whether the sample was big enough to test.
The question is whether his suppressed immune system led to the hepatitis or the other was round.
The plan is to treat the hepatitis and hope his immune system bounces back . . . .:?i
If not I'm not sure where we can go from there.
Thanks
 
No experience of this myself but I believe that it can be due to a compromised immune system. People with HIV can get it. So it is a symptom as opposed to a primary disease process I think.

Could Hepatic Coccidiosis be involved ?
 
Thanks Jane. We are still waiting for some results which will hopefully answer that one.
I guess I was hoping someone had had experience of this with positive outcome:?
Will have to be patient
 
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