Diseases that may be acquired from Rabbits

  

 Kim Chilson

 

 Viral diseases:

Rabies

 

 

 Bacterial diseases:

Pasteurellosis

Salmonellosis

Bordetella spp.

Tularemia (Francisella tularensis) in wild-living rabbits

Brucellosis

Plague (Yersinia pestis) in wild-living rabbits

Q-fever (Rickettsia) in wild-living rabbits

 

 

 Protozoal diseases:

Encephalitozoonosis (in immuno compromised persons)

Toxoplasmosis (no direct transmission)

Giardiasis

 

 

 Fungal diseases:

Dermatophytosis

Microsporum spp.

Trichophyton mentagrophytes

 

 

 Parasitic skin diseases:

Acariasis (any disease caused by an acarid mite)

Cheyletiella spp. infestations

Sarcoptes scabiei infestations

Fleas

Ticks

 

 

Parasitic intestinal diseases or else:

Filariasis

Trichostrongylidosis

Baylisascaris procyonis

 

Thanks to Kim Chilson, for her lovely illustrations

 

 

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