Pathogens in the reproductive tract of farm rabbits

Boucher, S.; Nouaille, L.; Briffaud, M. A.; Gracía, E.; Villa, Alessandro; Fernández, A.; Albizu, Iñaki; Baselga, R.; Rio, S. L. Polig

doi:10.1136/vr.149.22.677

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“…The following agents were identified after microbiological analysis in the laboratory: Escherichia coli, Pasteurella multocida, and Staphylococcus aureus (opus cit. : [22]), also described by other authors [55].…”

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Reproductive Diseases in Farmed Rabbit Does

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In this study, we determined the occurrence of reproductive diseases in does on 1373 visited farms in Spain and Portugal, between 1994 and 2019. The retrospective information obtained was entered in a database classified as follows: apparent infertility (≤70% pregnancy rate), abortions (≥2% of serviced does), high fetal death risk at parturition (≥10%) or dystocia, amongst others. Infertility was the reason for 181 visits. The median of prevalence of apparent infertility in these cases was 35% (minimum to maximum: 25–90%) and the mean, 37.4%. We performed a prospective study to determine risk factors at the individual and farm level, with a second database corresponding to 2014–2019. We carried out pregnancy checks, assessed sanitary status and body condition, and recorded the age of 17,297 rebred lactating does on 142 farms. The median size of the farms was 800 does, and the examined cohorts, 350 does. Predisposing risk factors for infertility were observed: e.g., mastitis had an effect. During the 5-year study, we made a third database with the results from 190,508 does palpated by producers in a subset of 134 farms. In this case, the median of the prevalence of apparent infertility was 14.5% (minimum to maximum: 4.1–50%), which could be considered baseline occurrence when monitoring the theriogenology of rabbit doe farms. Reproductive rhythm was an enabling risk factor: does serviced ≤25 d postpartum were less fertile than at ≥32 d. We made a database with the body condition score (BCS) on a linear scale from 1 (emaciated) to 9 (obese). The pregnancy rate (PR) of underweight and borderline does (4/9) was 73.1%. The PR of overweight and borderline does (6/9) was 82.6% and those classified with a mean BCS (5/9): PR = 79.3%. We may infer that the optimum BCS for reproduction is 6/9, rather than 5/9. Some changes in female rabbit health and husbandry to improve reproductive performance and welfare are highlighted.

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Reproductive Diseases in Farmed Rabbit Does

Rosell¹,

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“…The proportion of pet rabbits infected with Salmonella species ranged from 0.7% to 2.5% and 6 to 9% in healthy and diarrheic rabbit feces, respectively (Lim et al, 2012). Salmonella enterica were isolated from reproductive tract of domestic rabbits (Boucher et al, 2001). Salmonella Typhimurium was isolated from rabbit raw meat (4.9%) (Busani et al, 2005).…”

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ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF Salmonella enterica TYPHIMURIUM FROM RABBITS

Suelam

Reda

2015

Egyptian Journal of Rabbit Science

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The current study aimed to isolate and identify Salmonella Typhimurium from rabbits and evaluate their antimicrobial resistance. Seventy five New-Zealand breed rabbits of both sex (40 apparently healthy and 35 clinically diseased) were collected from Sharkia Province, Egypt. The collected samples from diseases cases (No=135) included raw meat, intestinal content (diarrheic), and liver (35 each). Vaginal swabs (No = 10) from aborted cases and abscess samples (No =20) were also collected. Isolation and identification of Salmonella enterica was carried out by standard methods. The isolates were characterized by using serological test, phagetyping, genus specific PCR and antimicrobial sensitivity tests. The overall prevalence of S. Typhimurium in the examined rabbit samples was 7.40% (10/135). S. Typhimurium was more frequently detected in vaginal swab (aborted cases) and diarrheic faeces with a frequency of 40% (4/10) and 14.29(5/35), respectively. Nevertheless, it was lower in the examined liver samples with a percentage of 5(1/35). S. Typhimurium was absent in apparently healthy rabbit samples. It was found that all S. Typhimurium isolates phage-typed as DT104. All PCR products of isolates include positive control, screened by PCR, resulted in 186 bp amplified fragment. No amplified DNA fragments were obtained from non-Salmonella species. Conclusively, it was concluded that rabbit is a potential reservoir for salmonellosis. The conservative Salmonella serotypes in the present study, was S. Typhimurium DT104. Multiresistance phenonmena was emergent in the circulating Salmonella strains in rabbit sources.

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“…Nanoparticles (NPs) have been shown to be a safe and effective alternative therapy against common infectious agents without driving antibiotic resistance in organisms [21]. Mycoplasma species havebeen documented as an isolated pathogen from rabbit reproductive tract [22]. M. bovis causing chronic mastitis in dairy has becomeincreasingly difficult to treat due to the inability ofcurrent antibiotics to effectively clear infections [23].…”

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