An approximately 1-year-old domestic rabbit showed severe neurologic signs with circling and turning somersaults. Histologically, a nonsuppurative meningoencephalitis with neuronal cell necrosis and numerous intranuclear inclusion bodies in neurons and glial cells was found. Electron microscopic examination revealed herpesvirus particles in affected cells. A human herpes simplex virus was ident...

Histological examination of an invasive neoplasm from an 18-month-old female domestic shorthair cat revealed it to be a pleomorphic fibrosarcoma that ranged in microscopic appearance from well-differentiated collagenous connective tissue to anaplastic sarcomatous tissue that infiltrated surrounding musculature and skin. The fibrosarcoma was transmitted by whole cells or cell-free preparations t...

The aim of this review is to present an emerging zoonotic disease caused by Bartonella henselae. The wide spectrum of diseases connected with these bacteria varies from asymptomatic cases, to skin inflammation, fever of unknown origin, lymphadenopathy, eye disorders, encephalitis and endocarditis. The reservoirs of B. henselae are domestic animals like cats, guinea pigs, rabbits and occasionall...

Domestic rabbits are increasing in popularity as household pets; therefore, veterinarians need to be familiar with the most common diseases afflicting rabbits including dental disease. Current diagnostic approaches include gross oral examination, endoscopic oral examination, skull radiography, and computed tomography (CT). Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT), a new oral and maxillofacial imagi...

The purpose of the study was to present some anatomy imaging characteristics of prostate gland and bulbourethral glands of domestic rabbits and to evaluate the consistency of information for depicting the normal morphological topography of studied organs. Ten clinically healthy, sexually mature male New Zealand White rabbits at the age of 8 months, weighing 2.8–3.2 kg were examined by ultrasono...

This paper presents a comparison of the morphological structure of the filiform papillae in New Zealand white rabbits as domestic mammals and Egyptian fruit bats as wild mammals. This study was carried out on the tongues of adult healthy New Zealand white rabbits and Egyptian fruit bats of both sexes. There were four types of lingual papillae in both animals. In the Egyptian fruit bats, there w...

The pathogenicity of RHDV (rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus) is mainly associated with its affinity to blood vessels, with causing disseminated intravascular coagulations (DIC), and with the stimulation of the host immune system. Moreover, there are implications suggesting that apoptosis may be a pivotal process in understanding the basis of viral haemorrhagic disease in rabbits - a serious in...