2024-03-29T09:23:59Zhttp://buleria.unileon.es/oai/requestoai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/122742020-12-10T08:58:05Zcom_10612_17col_10612_18
2020-06-23T14:36:01Z
urn:hdl:10612/12274
Causes of Mortality and Disease in Rabbits and Hares: A Retrospective Study
Espinosa Cerrato, José
Ferreras Estrada, María Del Carmen
Benavides Silván, Julio
Cuesta García, Nerea
Pérez Martínez, Claudia
García Iglesias, María José
García Marín, Juan Francisco
Pérez Pérez, Valentín
Sanidad Animal
Sanidad animal
Veterinaria
P. 1-17
In this study we determined the causes of mortality and disease in a total of 325 lagomorphs (rabbits and hares) in northern Spain between 2000 and 2018. Risk factors such as the species, age, sex,time of year and origin were also considered. Clinical signs, gross and histopathological findings and ancillary test results were the basis for the final diagnoses that were reviewed to classify and identify the di erent disorders. A total of 26 di erent conditions were identified. A single cause of death or illness was detected in 267 animals. They were grouped into parasitic conditions (n= 65; 24.34%) represented by encephalitozoonosis, hepatic coccidiosis, hepatoperitoneal cysticercosis, intestinal coccidiosis, parasitic gastritis and cutaneous ectoparasitosis; bacterial diseases (n = 56; 20.97%) including pseudotuberculosis, blue breast, skin abscesses, tularemia, pneumonic pasteurellosis and staphylococcal infections; nutritional and metabolic diseases (n = 48; 17.97%) with epizootic rabbit enteropathy, hepatic steatosis and pregnancy toxemia as prominent diseases; viral infections (n=31; 11.61%) comprising rabbit hemorrhagic disease and myxomatosis and miscellaneous causes (n= 31; 11.61%) where rabbit enteritis complex, renal conditions (nephrosis), heat stroke, and arterial bone metaplasia were included; neoplasms (n = 12; 4.49%) represented by uterine adenocarcinoma, mammary adenocarcinoma, cutaneous fibroma, intestinal lymphoma and hepatic cholangiocarcinoma;
toxicoses (n = 11; 4.11%); trauma-related injuries (n = 9; 3.37%) and finally congenital diseases (n = 4; 1.49%). In 58 animals of the study, some of these conditions were presented jointly. We discuss the detection frequency, possible causes or associated factors of the di erent pathologies as well as the importance of the diferent variables considered.
2020-06-23T14:36:01Z
2020-06-23T14:36:01Z
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/1/158
http://hdl.handle.net/10612/12274
https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10010158
2076-2615
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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