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T1 Causes of Mortality and Disease in Rabbits and Hares: A Retrospective Study
A1 Espinosa Cerrato, José
A1 Ferreras Estrada, María Del Carmen
A1 Benavides Silván, Julio
A1 Cuesta García, Nerea
A1 Pérez Martínez, Claudia
A1 García Iglesias, María José
A1 García Marín, Juan Francisco
A1 Pérez Pérez, Valentín
A2 Sanidad Animal
K1 Sanidad animal
K1 Veterinaria
K1 Conejos
K1 Liebres
K1 Mortalidad
K1 Enfermedades
K1 España
K1 2401.11 Patología Animal
AB 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.
PB MDPI
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10612/12274
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10612/12274
NO P. 1-17
DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
RD 19-abr-2024