A study was made on the prevalence of some parasitic infections appearing in domestic rabbits obtained from individual breeders in Serbia in order to improve the agricultural production of these animals. Aside from economic reasons (meat production and reproduction) rabbits are bred for the research purposes, and races are kept as household pets. For these reasons, among others, it is imp...

The prevalence of coccidia infection among domestic rabbits in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia was investigated for one year in the present study. Based on the morphological features of oocysts, ten species of Eimeria were identified in 100 fecal samples of domestic rabbits. The overall prevalence was 75%. Mixed infection with three different species occurred most frequently. The species detected and thei...

A comparison of attachment, engorgement and moulting success of Amblyomma hebraeum larvae fed on domestic chickens and Himalayan giant white rabbits indicates that chickens are better hosts than the rabbits. Moreover the time needed for detachment of all engorged larvae is significantly less for chickens than for the rabbits. No evidence of induced immunity was found in chickens on re-infestati...

The cutaneous papillomas induced in domestic rabbits with a virus procured from western cottontails (1) have the immediate attributes of tumors (2), and they frequently become cancerous (3). The problem of the relation of the virus to the neoplastic activities is com-pUcated by a singular difficulty. Though readily obtained from most of the naturally occurring papillomas of cottontails, it cann...

A deoxyribonucleic acid preparation which showed infectivity and tumorigenic activity in domestic rabbits was isolated from the papillomatous tissue of wild cottontail rabbits by phenolic deproteinization procedure. The activity of the preparation could be completely abolished by its exposure to a minute amount (0.02 microg/ml) of DNAase. Antisera against Shope papilloma virus did not block the...

Sarcoptes scabiei infests a wide variety of mammals including domestic, farm and wild animals. Different varieties of S. scabiei are considered to be strictly host specific. However, some reports indicate that the parasite is not completely host specific. In the current study the dog strain (S. scabiei var. canis) was experimentally transmitted to domestic rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus. The bac...

In the great majority of cases, the pathogenicity of the Shope papilloma virus is lost after transfer from cottontail to domestic rabbits. There is adequate evidence that the virus is present in the papillomas arising in domestic rabbits, for such animals develop neutralizing and complementfixing antibodies. :Further, the intraperitoneal inoculation of extracts of noninfectious papillomas resul...

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...

The breeding of domestic rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) for human consumption has a long tradition in China. Infections that can affect the production of meat or even be transmitted from animals to humans are important to monitor, especially for public health reasons as well as for their impact on animal health. Thus, a total of 1,132 domestic rabbit sera from 4 regions in China were collected...