BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR BACTERIAL INFECTIONS

General Reference for Bacterial Diseases of the Rabbit

Boucher, S. & Nouaille, L. (2013) Maladies des Lapins, 3rd edn. Editions France Agricole.

DeLong, D. (2012) Bacterial diseases.

Wibbelt, G. & Frolich, K. (2005) Infectious diseases in European brown hares (Lepus europaeus). Wildlife Biology in Practice 1:86-93.

Acinetobacter calcoaceticus Infection

Kunstyr, I. & Hansen, H. (1978) Acinetobacter calcoaceticus as the possible cause of bronchopneumonia in rabbits. Deutsche Tier- arztliche Wochenschrift 85:293-295.

Actinobaeillus spp. Infection

Arseculeratne, S.N. (1962) Actinobacillosis in joints of rabbits. Journal of Comparative Pathology 72:33-39.

Meyerholz, D.K. & Haynes, J.S. (2005) Actinobacillus capsulatus septicemia in a domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 17:83-85.

Moyaert, H., Decostere, A., Baele, M., Hermans, K., Tavernier, P., Chiers, K., & Haesebrouck, F. (2007) An unusual Actinobacillus equuli strain isolated from a rabbit with Tyzzer's disease. Veteri­nary Microbiology 124:184-186.

Actinomyces spp. Infection

Hong, I.H., Lee, H.S., Park, J.K., Goo, M.J., Yuan, D.W., Hwang, O.K., Hong, K.S., Han, J.Y., Ji, A.R., Ki, M.R., & Jeong, K.S. (2009) Actinomycosis in a pet rabbit. Journal of Veterinary Dentistry 26:110-111.

Sorenson, B. & Saliba, A.M. (1961) Actinomycose espontanea em coelhos. Biologico 27:131-135.

Tyrrell, K.L., Citron, D.M., Jenkins, J.R., Goldstein, E.J.C., et al. (2002) Periodontal bacteria in rabbit mandibular and maxillary abscesses. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 40:1044-1047.

Bordetella bronchiseptica Infection

Bemis, D.A. & Wilson, S.A.

Deeb, B.J., DiGiacomo, R.F., Bernard, B.L., & Silbernagel, S.M. (1990) Pasteurella multocida and Bordetella bronchiseptica infec­tion in rabbits. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 28:70-75.

Glass, L.S. & Beasley, J.N. (1990) Infection with and antibody response to Pasteurella multocida and Bordetella bronchiseptica in immature rabbits. Laboratory Animal Science 39:406-410.

Matsuyama, T. & Taking, T. (1980) Scanning electron microscopic studies of Bordetella bronchiseptica on the rabbit tracheal mucosa. Journal of Medical Microbiology 13:159-161.

Percy, D.H., Karrow, N., & Bhasin, J.L. (1988) Incidence of Pasteur- ella and Bordetella infections in fryer rabbits: an abattoir survey. Journal of Applied Rabbit Research 11:245-246.

Watson, W.T., Goldsboro, J.A., Willimans, F.P., & Sueur, R. (1975) Experimental respiratory infections with Pasteurella multocida and Bordetella bronchiseptica in rabbits. Laboratory Animal Science 25:459-464.

Brucella spp. Infection: Brucellosis

Renoux, G. & Sacquet, E. (1957) Brucellose spontanee du lapin domestique. Archives de l' Institut Pasteur de Tunis 34:231-232.

Sterba, F. (1983) Differential pathognomonic diagnosis of brucel­losis in hares. Veterinarni Medicina-Praha 28:293-308.

Vitovec, J., Vladik, P., Zahor, Z., & Slaby, V. (1976) Morphological study of 70 cases of brucellosis in rabbits caused by Brucella suis. Veterinarni Medicina-Praha 21:359-368.

Campylobacter spp. Infection

Moon, H.W., Cutlip, R.C., Amtower, W.C., & Matthews, P.J. (1974) Intraepithelial vibrio associated with acute typhlitis of young rabbits. Veterinary Pathology 11:313-326.

Revez, J., Rossi, M., Piva, S., Florio, D., Lucchi, A., Parisi, A., Manfreda, G., & Zanoni, R.G. (2013) Occurrence of (ε-proteo- bacterial species in rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) reared in intensive and rural farms.

Zanoni, R.G., Debruyne, L., Rossi, M., Revez, J., & Vandamme, P. (2009) Campylobacter cuniculorum sp. Nov., from rabbits. Inter­national Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 59:1666-1671.

Chlamydophila spp. Infection

Flatt, R.E. & Dungworth, D.L. (1971) Enzootic pneumonia in rabbits: microbiology and comparison with lesions experimen­tally produced by Pasteurella multocida and a chlamydial orga­nism. American Journal of Veterinary Research 32:627-637.

Krishna, L. & Gupta, V.K. (1989) Chlamydial pneumonia in an angora rabbit: a case report. Journal of Applied Rabbit Research 12:83.

Krishna, L. & Kulshrestha, L. (1985) Spontaneous cases of chlamydial conjunctivitis in rabbits. Journal of Applied Rabbit Research 8:75.

Mousa, H.A.A., Mahmoud, A.H., & Ibrahim, A.M. (2010) Detection of chlamydia in rabbit using traditional methods and electron microscopy. Global Veterinaria 4:74-77.

Muhlestein, J.B. (2000) Chlamydia pneumoniae-induced athero­sclerosis in a rabbit model. Journal of Infectious Diseases 181 (Suppl. 3): S505-S507.

Pantchev, A., Sting, R., Bauerfeind, R., Tyczka, J., & Sachse, K. (2010) Detection of Chlamydophila and Chlamydia spp. of veterinary interest using species-specific real-time PCR assays. Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 33:473-484.

CAR Bacillus Infection

Caniatti, M., Crippa, L., Giusti, M., Mattiello, S., Grill, G., Orsenigo, R., & Scanziani, E. (1998) Cilia-associated respiratory (CAR) bacillus infection in conventionally reared rabbits. Zentralblatt fur Veterinarmedizin B 45:363-371.

Cundiff, D.D., Besch-Williford, C.L., Hook, R.R., Jr, Franklin, C.L., & Riley, L.K. (1995) Characterization of cilia-associated respiratory bacillus in rabbits and analysis of the 16s rRNA gene sequence. Laboratory Animal Science 45:22-26.

Kurisu, K., Kyo, S., Shiomoto, Y., & Matsushita, S. (1990) Cilia- associated respiratory bacillus infection in rabbits.

Oros, J., Poveda, J.B., Rodriguez, J.L., Franklin, C.L., & Fernandez, A. (1997) Natural cilia-associated respiratory bacillus infection in rabbits used for elaboration of hyperimmune serum against Mycoplasma sp. Zentralblatt fur Veterinarmedizin B 44:313-317.

Corynebacterium bovis Infection

Arseculeratne, S.N. & Navaratnam, C. (1975) Corynebacterium bovis as a pathogen in rabbits. Research in Veterinary Science 18:216-217.

Clostridial Diseases

Clostridial BnteropathyZBnterotoxemia

Butt, M.T., Papendick, R.E., Carbone, L.G., & Quimby, F.W. (1994) A cytotoxicity assay for Clostridium spiroforme enterotoxin in cecal fluid of rabbits. Laboratory Animal Science 44:52-54.

Carman, R.J. & Borriello, S.P. (1984) Infectious nature of Clostridium spiroforme-mediated rabbit enterotoxaemia. Veterinary Micro­biology 9:497-502.

Carman, R.J. & Evans, R.H. (1984) Experimental and spontaneous clostridial enteropathies of laboratory and free living lago- morphs. Laboratory Animal Science 34:443-452.

Cheeke, P.R. & Patton, N.M. (1978) Effect of alfalfa and dietary fiber on the growth performance of weanling rabbits. Laboratory Animal Science 28:167-172.

Drigo, I., Bacchin, C., Cocchi, M., Bano, L. & Agnoletti, F. (2008) Development of PCR protocols for specific identification of Clostridium spiroforme and detection of sas and sbs genes. Veteri­nary Microbiology 131:414-418.

Holmes, H.T., et al. (1988) Isolation of Clostridium spiroforme from rabbits. Laboratory Animal Science 39:167-168.

Keel, M.K. & Sanger, J.G. (2006) The comparative pathology of Clostridium difficile-associated disease. Veterinary Pathology 43:225-240.

Lee, W.K., Fujisawa, T., Kawamura, S., Itoh, K., & Mitsuoka, T. (1991) Isolation and identification of clostridia from the intes­tine of laboratory animals. Laboratory Animals 25:9-15.

Patton, N.M., Holmes, H.T., Riggs, R.J., & Cheeke, P.R. (1978) Enterotoxemia in rabbits.

Peeters, J.E., Geeroms, R., Carman, R.J., & Wilkins, T.D. (1986) Significance of Clostridium spiroforme in the enteritis-complex of commercial rabbits. Veterinary Microbiology 12:25-31.

Perkins, S.E., et al. (1995) Detection of Clostridium difficile toxins from small intestine and cecum of rabbits with naturally acquired enterotoxemia. Laboratory Animal Science 45:379-385.

Rehg, J.E. & Lu, Y.-S. (1981) Clostridium difficile colitis in a rabbit following antibiotic therapy for pasteurellosis. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 179:1296-1297.

Rehg, J.E. & Pakes, S.P. (1982) Implication of Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens iota toxins in experimental lincomycin- associated colitis of rabbits. Laboratory Animal Science 32:253-257.

Clostridium piliforme Infection: Tyzzer's Disease

Allen, A.M., Ganaway, J.R., Moore, T.D., & Kinard, R.F. (1965) Tyzzer's disease syndrome in laboratory rabbits. American Jour­nal of Pathology 46:859-882.

Duncan, A.J. (1993) Assignment of the agent of Tyzzer's disease to Clostridium piliforme comb. nov. on the basis of 16S rRNA sequence analysis. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 43:314-318.

Feldman, S.H., Kiavand, A., Seidelin, M., & Reiske, H.R. (2006) Ribosomal RNA sequences of Clostridium piliforme isolated from rodent and rabbit: re-examining the phylogeny of the Tyzzer's disease agent and development of a diagnostic poly­merase chain reaction assay. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science 45:65-73.

Franklin, C.L., Motzel, S.L., Besch-Williford, C.L., Hook, R.R., Jr, & Riley, L.K. (1994) Tyzzer's infection: host specificity of Clostrid­ium piliforme isolates. Laboratory Animal Science 44:568-571.

Fries, A.S. (1977) Studies on Tyzzer's disease: application of immu­nofluorescence for detection of Bacillus piliformis and for dem­onstration and determination of antibodies to it in sera from mice and rabbits.

Ganaway, J.R., McReynolds, R.S., & Allen, A.M. (1976) Tyzzer's disease in free-living cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus) in Maryland. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 12:545-549.

Motzel, S.L. & Riley, L.K. (1991) Bacilluspiliformis flagellar antigens for serodiagnosis of Tyzzer's disease. Journal of Clinical Micro­biology 29:2566-2570.

Niepceron, A. & Licois, D. (2010) Development of a high-sensitivity nested PCR assay for detection of Clostridium piliforme in clinical samples. The Veterinary Journal 185:222-224.

Peeters, J.E., Charlier, G., Halen, P., Geeroms, R., & Raeymaekers, R. (1985) Naturally-occurring Tyzzer's disease (Bacillus piliformis infection) in commercial rabbits: a clinical and pathological study. Annalses de Recherches Veterinaires 16:69-79.

Spencer, T.H., Ganaway, J.R., & Waggie, K.S. (1990) Cultivation of Bacillus piliformis (Tyzzer) in mouse fibroblasts (3T3) cells. Vet­erinary Microbiology 29:291-297.

Clostridium botulinum Dysautonomia

Hahn, C.N., Whitwell, K.E., & Mayhew, G. (2001) Central nervous system pathology in cases of leporine dysautonomia. Veterinary Record 149:745-746.

Hahn, C.N., Whitwell, K.E., & Mayhew, I.G. (2005) Neuro- pathological lesions resembling equine grass sickness in rabbits. Veterinary Record 156:778-779.

Van der Hage, M.H. & Dorrestein, G.M. (1996) Caecal impaction in the rabbit: relationships with dysautonomia. Proceedings of the 6th World Rabbit Congress, Toulouse, France, pp. 77-80.

Whitwell, K.E. (1991) Do hares suffer from grass sickness? Veterinary Record 128:395-396.

Whitwell, K. & Needham, J. (1996) Mucoid enteropathy in UK rabbits: dysautonomia confirmed. Veterinary Record

139:323-333.

Clostridium perfringens Bpizootic Rabbit Bnteropathy

Coudert, P. & Licois, D. (2005) Epizootic rabbit enteropathy: Study of early phenomena with fresh inoculum and attempt at inactivation. World Rabbit Science 13:229-238.

Dewree, R., Meulemans, L., Lassence, C., Desmecht, D., Ducatelle, R., Mast, J., Licois, D., Vindevogel, H., & Marlier, D. (2007) Experimentally induced epizootic rabbit enteropathy: clinical, histopathological, ultrastructural, bacteriological and haemato­logical findings. World Rabbit Science 15:91-102.

Licois, D., Wyers, M., & Coudert, P. (2005) Epizootic rabbit enter­opathy: experimental transmission and clinical characteriza­tion. Veterinary Research 36:601-613.

Marlier, D., Dewree, R., Lassence, C., Licois, D., Mainil, J., Coudert, P., Meulemans, L., Ducatelle, R., & Vindevogel, H. (2006) Infec­tious agents associated with epizootic rabbit enteropathy: isola­tion and attempts to reproduce the syndrome. The Veterinary Journal 172:493-500.

Romero, C., Nicodemus, N., Jarava, M.L., Menoyo, D., & de Blas, C. (2011) Characterization of Clostridium perfringens presence and concentration of its alpha-toxin in the caecal contents of fat­tening rabbits suffering from digestive diseases. World Rabbit Science 19:177-189.

Escherichia coli Infection

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

Blanco, J.E., Blanco, M., Blanco, J., Mora, A., Balaguer, L., Mourino, M., Juarez, A., & Jansen, W.H. (1996) O serogroups, biotypes, and eae genes in Escherichia coli strains isolated from diarrheic and healthy rabbits. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 34:3104-3107.

Coussement, W., Ducatelle, R., Charlier, G., Okerman, L., & Hoo- rens, J. (1984) Pathology of experimental colibacillosis in rab­bits. Zentralblatt fur Veterinarmedizin B 31:64-72.

Gallois, M., Gidenne, T., Tasca, C., Caubet, C., Coudert, C., Milon,

A., & Boulier, S. (2007) Maternal milk contains antimicrobial factors that protect young rabbits from enteropathogenic Escher­ichia coli infection. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 14:585-592.

Heczko, U., Abe, A., & Finlay, B.B. (2000) In vivo interactions of rabbit enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O103 with its host: an electron microscopic and histopathologic study. Microbes and Infection 2:5-16.

Peeters, J.E., Charlier, G.J., & Halen, P.H. (1984) Pathogenicity of attaching and effacing enteropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from diarrheic suckling and weanling rabbits for newborn rab­bits. Infection and Immunity 46:690-696.

Peeters, J.E., Charlier, G.J., & Raeymaekers, R. (1985) Scanning and transmission electron microscopy of attaching effacing Escher­ichia coli in weanling rabbits. Veterinary Pathology 22:54-59.

Peeters, J.E., Geeroms, R., & Glorieux, B. (1984) Experimental Escherichia coli enteropathy in weanling rabbits: clinical mani­festations and pathological findings. Journal of Comparative Pathology 94:521-528.

Peeters, J.E., Geeroms, R., & Orskov, F. (1988) Biotype, serotype, and pathogenicity of attaching and effacing enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains isolated from diarrheic commercial rab­bits. Infection and Immunity 56:1442-1448.

Peeters, J.E., Pohl, P., Okerman, L., & Devriese, L.A. (1984) Patho­genic properties of Escherichia coli strains isolated from diarrheic commercial rabbits. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 20:34-39.

Prohaszka, L. & Baron, F. (1981) Studies on E. coli-enteropathy in weanling rabbits. Zentralblatt fur VeterinarmedizinB 28:102-110.

Schauer, D.B., McCathey, S.N., Daft, B.M., Jha, S.S., Tatterson, L.E., Taylor, N.S., & Fox, J.G. (1998) Proliferative enterocolitis asso­ciated with dual infection with enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and Lawsonia intracellularis in rabbits. Journal of Clinical Micro­biology 36:1700-1703.

Swennes, A.G., Buckley, E.M., Parry, N.M.A., Madden, C.M., Garcia, A., Morgan, P.B., Astrofsky, K.M., & Fox, J.G. (2012) Enzootic enteropathogenic Escherichia coli infection in laboratory rabbits. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 50:2353-2358.

Takeuchi, A., Inman, L.R., O'Hanley, P.D., Cantey, J.R., & Lush- baugh, W.B. (1978) Scanning and transmission electron micro­scopic study of Escherichia coli O15 (RDEC-1) enteric infection in rabbits. Infection and Immunity 19:686-694.

Thouless, M.E., DiGiacomo, R.F., & Deeb, J.B. (1996) The effect of combined rotavirus and Escherichia coli infections in rabbits. Laboratory Animal Science 46:381-385.

Von Moll, I.K. & Cantey, J.R. (1997) Peyer's patch adherence of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains in rabbits. Infection and Immunity 65:3788-3793.

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

Garcia, A., Bosques, C.J., Wishnok, J.S., Feng, Y., Karalius, B.J., Butterton, J.R., Schauer, D.B., Rogers, A.B., & Fox, J.G. (2006) Renal injury is a consistent finding in Dutch Belted rabbits experimentally infected with enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. Journal of Infectious Diseases 193:1125-1134.

Garcia, A. & Fox, J.G. (2003) The rabbit as a new reservoir host of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. Emerging Infectious Diseases 9:1592-1597.

Garcia, A., Marini, R.P., Vitsky, A., Knox, K.A., Taylor, N.S., Schauer,

D. B., & Fox, J.G. (2002) A naturally-occurring rabbit model of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli-induced disease. Journal of Infectious Diseases 186:1682-1686.

Panda, A., Tatarov, I., Melton-Celsa, A.R., Kolappaswamy, K., Kriel,

E. H., Petkov, D., Coksaygan, T., Livio, S., McLeod, C.G., Nataro, J.P., O'Brien, A.D., & DeTolla, L.J. (2010) Escherichia coli O157: H7 infection in Dutch Belted and New Zealand White rabbits. Comparative Medicine 60:31-37.

Francisella tularensis Infection: Tularemia, “Rabbit Fever”

Gyuranecz, M., Szeredi, L., Makrai, L., Fodor, L., Meszaros, A.R., Szepe, B., Fuleki, M., & Erdelyi, K. (2010) Tularemia of European Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus); a pathological, histopathological, and immunohistochemical study. Veterinary Pathology 47:958-963.

Fusobacterium necrophorum Infection

Seps, S.L., Battles, A.H., Nguyen, L., Wardrip, C.L., & Li, X. (1999) Oropharyngeal necrobacillosis with septic thrombophlebitis and pulmonary embolic abscesses: Lemierre's Syndrome in a New Zealand White rabbit. Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science 38:44-46.

Helicobacter spp. Infection

Van den Bulck, K., Baele, M., Hermans, K., Ducatelle, R., Haese- brouck, F., & Decostere, A. (2005) First report on the occurrence of “Helicobacter heilmannii” in the stomach of rabbits. Veterinary Research Communications 29:271-279.

Van den Bulck, K., Decostere, A., Baele, M., Marechal, M., Ducatelle, R., & Haesebrouck, F. (2006) Low frequency of Helicobacter species in the stomachs of experimental rabbits. Laboratory Animals 40:282-287.

Klebsiella spp. Infection

Coletti, M., Passamonti, F., Del Rossi, E., Franciosini, M.P., & Setta,

B.(2001) Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in Italian rabbits. Veterinary Record 149:626-627.

Nemet, Z., Szenci, O., Horvath, A., Makrai, L., Kis, T., Toth, B., & Biksi, I. (2011) Outbreak of Klebsiella oxytoca enterocolitis on a rabbit farm in Hungary. Veterinary Record 168:143 (ePub).

Lawsonia intracellaris Infection

Cooper, D.M. & Gebhart, C.J. (1998) Comparative aspects of pro­liferative enteritis. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 212:1446-1451.

Duhamel, G.E., Klein, E.C., Elder, R.O., & Gebhart, C.J. (1998) Sub- clinical proliferative enteropathy in sentinel rabbits associated with Lawsonia intracellularis. Veterinary Pathology 35:300-303.

Hotchkiss, C.E., Shames, B., Perkins, S.E., & Fox, J.G. (1996) Prolif­erative enteropathy of rabbits: the intracellular Campylobacter- like organism is closely related to Lawsonia Intracellularis. Labo­ratory Animal Science 46:623-627.

Lim, J.J., Kim, D.H., Lee, J.J., Kim, D.G., Kim, S.H., Min, W.G., Chang, H.H., Rhee, M.H., & Kim, S. (2012) Prevalence of Law- sonia intracellularis, Salmonella spp. and Eimeria spp. in healthy and diarrheic pet rabbits. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 74:263-265.

Schauer, D.B., McCathey, S.N., Daft, B.M., Jha, S.S., Tatterson, L.E., Taylor, N.S., & Fox, J.G. (1998) Proliferative enterocolitis asso­ciated with dual infection with enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and Lawsonia intracellularis in rabbits. Journal of Clinical Micro­biology 36:1700-1703.

Schoeb, T.R. & Fox, J.G. (1990) Enterocolitis associated with intra­epithelial Campylobacter-like bacteria in rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Veterinary Pathology 27:73-80.

Umemura, T., Tsuchitani, M., Totsuka, M., Narama, I., & Yama- shiro, S. (1982) Histiocytic enteritis of rabbits. Veterinary Pathol­ogy 19:326-329.

Watarai, Yamoto, Y., Horiuchi, N., Kim, S., Omata, Y., Shirahata, T., & Furuoka, H. (2004) Enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay to detect Lawsonia intracellularis in rabbits with proliferative enter­opathy. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 66:735-737.

Watarai, M., Yamato, Y., Murakata, K., Kim, S., Omata, Y., & Furuoka, H. (2005) Detection of Lawsonia intracellularis using immunomagnetic beads and ATP bioluminescence. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 67:449-451.

Watarai, M., Yoshiya, M., Sato, A., & Furuoka, H. (2008) Cultivation and characterization of Lawsonia intracellularis isolated from rabbit and pig. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 70:731-733.

Listeria monocytogenes Infection: Listeriosis

Gray, M.L. & Killinger, A.H. (1966) Listeria monocytogenes and listeriosis. Bacteriological Reviews 30:309-382.

Murray, E.G.D., Webb, R.A., & Swann, M.B.R. (1926) A disease of rabbits characterized by a large mononuclear leucocytosis caused by a hitherto undescribed bacillus Bacterium monocyto­genes (n. sp.). Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology 40:407-439.

Rodriguez-Calleja, J.M., Garcia-Lopez, I., Garcia-Lopez, M.L., San­tos, J.A., & Otero, A. (2006) Rabbit meat as a source of bacterial foodborne pathogens. Journal of Food Protection 69:1106-1112.

Watson, G.L. & Evans, M.G. (1985) Listeriosis in a rabbit. Veterinary Pathology 22:191-193.

Moraxella bovis Infection

Soave, O.A., Dominguez, J., & Doak, R.L. (1977) Moraxella bovis- induced metritis and septicemia in a rabbit. Journal of the Ameri­can Veterinary Medical Association 171:972-973.

Mycobacterium spp. Infection: Tuberculosis, Paratuberculosis

Angus, K.W. (1990) Intestinal lesions resembling paratuberculosis in a wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Journal of Comparative Pathology 103:101-105.

Beard, P.M., Rhind, S.M., Buxton, D., Daniels, M.J., Henderson, D., Pirie, A., Rudge, K., Greig, A., Hutchings, M.R., Stevenson, K., & Sharp, J.M. (2001) Natural paratuberculosis infection in rabbits in Scotland. Journal of Comparative Pathology 124:290-299.

Cobbett, L. (1913) Two cases of spontaneous tuberculosis in the rabbit caused by the avian tubercle bacillus. Journal of Compara­tive Pathology 26:33-45.

Gill, J.W. & Jackson, R. (1993) Tuberculosis in a rabbit: a case revisited. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 41:147.

Harkins, M.J. & Saleeby, E.R. (1928) Spontaneous tuberculosis of rabbits. Journal of Infectious Diseases 43:554-556.

Himes, E.M., Miller, S., Miller, L.D., & Jamagin, J.L. (1989) Myco­bacterium avium isolated from a domestic rabbit with lesions in the central nervous system. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 1:76-78.

Ludwig, E., Reischl, U., Janik, D., & Hermanns, W. (2009) Granulo­matous pneumonia caused by Mycobacterium genavense in a Dwarf rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Veterinary Pathology 46:1000-1002.

Maio, E., Carta, T., Balseiro, A., Sevilla, I.A., Romano, A., Ortiz, J.A., Vieira-Pinto, M., Carrido, J.M., de la Lastra, J.M.P., & Gortazar,

C. (2011) Paratuberculosis in European wild rabbits from the Iberian peninsula. Research in Veterinary Science 91:212-219.

Mokresh, A.H. & Butler, D.G. (1990) Granulomatous enteritis following oral inoculation of newborn rabbits with Myco­bacterium paratuberculosis of bovine origin. Canadian Veterinary Journal 54:313-319.

Nedeltchev, G.G., Raghunand, T.R., Jassal, M.S., Lun, S., Cheng, Q- J., & Bishai, W.R. (2009) Extrapulmonary dissemination of Mycobacterium bovis but not Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a bronchoscopic rabbit model of cavitary tuberculosis. Infection and Immunity 77:598-603.

Pasteurella multocida Infection

Corbeil, L.B., Strayer, D.S., Skaletsky, E., Wunderlich, A., & Sell, S. (1983) Immunity to pasteurellosis in compromised rabbits. American Journal of Veterinary Research 44:845-850.

Deeb, B.J., DiGiacomo, R.F., Bernard, B.L., & Silbernagel, S.M. (1990) Pasteurella multocida and Bordetella bronchiseptica infec­tion in rabbits. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 28:70-75.

Dhillon, A.S. & Andrews, D.K. (1982) Abortions, stillbirths, and infant mortality in a commercial rabbitry. Journal of Applied Rabbit Research 5:97-98.

DiGiacomo, R.F., Deeb, B.J., Giddens, W.E., Jr, Bernard, B.L., & Chengappa, M.M. (1989) Atrophic rhinitis in New Zealand rabbits. American Journal of Veterinary Research 50:1460-1465.

DiGiacomo, R.F., Garlinghouse, E., & Van Hoosier, G.L., Jr (1983) Natural history of infection with Pasteurella multocida in rabbits. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 183:1172-1175.

DiGiacomo, R.F., Jones, C.D., & Wathes, C.M. (1987) Transmission of Pasteurella multocida in rabbits. Laboratory Animal Science 37:621-623.

Dziva, F., Muhairwa, S.P., Bisgaard, M., & Christensen, H. (2008) Diagnostic and typing options for investigating diseases associ­ated with Pasteurella multocida. Veterinary Microbiology 128:1-22.

Flatt, R.E., Deyoung, D.W., & Hogle, R.M. (1977) Suppurative otitis media in the rabbit: prevalence, pathology and microbiology. Laboratory Animal Science 27:343-346.

Glass, L.S. & Beasley, J.N. (1990) Infection with and antibody response to Pasteurella multocida and Bordetella bronchiseptica in immature rabbits. Laboratory Animal Science 39:406-410.

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Holmes, H.T., Patton, N.M., & Cheeke, P.R. (1983) Pasteurella contaminated water valves: its incidence and implications. Journal of Applied Rabbit Research 6:123-124.

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection

Garabaldi, B.A., Fox, J.G., & Musto, D.R. (1990) Atypical moist dermatitis in rabbits. Laboratory Animal Science 40:652-653.

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Salmonella spp. Infection: Salmonellosis

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Staphylococcus aureus Infection

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Streptococcus spp. Infection

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Treponema paraluis-cuniculi Infection: Rabbit Syphilis

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