In several laboratory and production species, the establishment of a proteome reference map of a specific tissue has been accomplished. The rabbit is widely used as both a production and experimental animal. A lot of physiology research involving the gastrocnemius muscle of rabbit is described, although no reference proteome map is available. In this work, the first reference map of the rabbit'...

Forty-five enteropathogenic (enteropathogenic Escherichia coli-like) strains isolated in commercial rabbit farms were subdivided into four biotypes with the help of six carbohydrate fermentation tests, ornithine decarboxylase tests, and motility tests. E. coli strains which caused neonatal diarrhea in baby rabbits belonged to a single biotype, biotype 1, and displayed the same serotype antigens...

Rabbit monoclonal antibodies (RabMAbs) represent a novel category of immunoreagents that may combine the best properties of both mouse monoclonal antibodies (MMAs) and of rabbit antisera. In the attempt to verify the performance of this new class of antibodies on paraffin-embedded tissue, RabMAbs against estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, Ki-67, cyclin D1, CD3, CD5, CD23, and synaptophys...

Mucoid enteropathy/epizootic rabbit enteropathy is a disease of domestic European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) that has been recognized for nearly 50 years but still not well understood. Morbidity and mortality are high can lead to large losses in production facilities. Recently, the Colorado Wild Rabbit Foundation identified four cases with similar presentations two species cottontail (Sylv...

background: the ability of polyclonal antibodies to react with many epitopes of an antigen makes them valuable reagents in research and diagnosis. the aim of this study was purification of mouse igg2a and production of polyclonal antibody against purified mouse igg2a subclass. materials and methods: mouse igg2a was purified by proa affinity. verification method of the purified antibody was sds-...

Cyclosporin A (CyA), prednisolone (Pred) and sirolimus (Sir) inhibit lymphocyte proliferation at the cytokine transcription (CyA and Pred) or signal transduction (Sir) levels. Their double and triple interactions were studied on lectin-induced proliferation of whole blood lymphocytes (WBLP) from male and female humans, rabbits and rats. Isobols along with the Universal Response Surface Approach...

In much of our experimental work upon mammals, the dosage of the various drugs used is regulated according to the size of the animal-a given amount being allowed per kilo of body-weight. In the rabbit this is a source of considerable error on account of the large size of the stomach and cecum. After a full feeding, when these organs have become well filled, the weight of their contents bears a ...

Co-infections can alter the host immune responses and modify the intensity and dynamics of concurrent parasitic species. The extent of this effect depends on the properties of the system and the mechanisms of host-parasite and parasite-parasite interactions. We examined the immuno-epidemiology of a chronic co-infection to reveal the immune mediated relationships between two parasites colonising...