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Lagomorph Disease Investigations, September 2024

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Special issue on lagomorph disease investigations

  • Javier Asin
  • Fábio Abade dos Santos
  • Denise M. Imai
Open AccessEditorialFirst published Sep 12, 2024
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Antibody response of endangered riparian brush rabbits to vaccination against rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2

  • Megan E. Moriarty
  • Jaime L. Rudd
  • Fumika Takahashi
  • Eric Hopson
  • Colleen Kinzley
  • Darren Minier
  • Alex Herman
  • Mary Lou Berninger
  • Fawzi Mohamed
  • Muzafar Makhdoomi
  • Leslie W. Woods
  • Hon S. Ip
  • Deana L. Clifford

Abstract

Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2 (RHDV2; Caliciviridae, Lagovirus europaeus), the cause of a highly transmissible and fatal lagomorph disease, has spread rapidly through the western United States and Mexico, resulting in substantial mortality in ...
Open AccessResearch articleFirst published Aug 23, 2024
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Endoparasites of rabbits and hares

  • Katherine Hughes

Abstract

Nematode, cestode, protozoan, microsporidian, and pentastomid parasites affect domesticated and wild rabbits, hares, and jackrabbits of the genera Brachylagus, Lepus, Oryctolagus, Pentalagus, and Sylvilagus. Some endoparasite infections are of limited or ...
Open AccessResearch articleFirst published Aug 6, 2024
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Development of a peptide-generated antibody to rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2 VP60 and its immunohistochemical application in natural cases

  • Alisia A.W. Weyna
  • Natalie K. Stilwell
  • Rachel Anders
  • Brittany McHale
  • Rita McManamon
  • Elizabeth W. Howerth

Abstract

Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2 (RHDV2) has spread across the United States infecting and causing death in domestic and wild rabbits. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) would be a useful tool for the detection of RHDV2 antigen in tissues as it is inexpensive ...
Free accessResearch articleFirst published Aug 6, 2024
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Clinicopathologic findings and causes of mortality in 100 pet rabbits from the Canary Islands, Spain, 2011–2022

  • Jaime Espinosa García-San Román
  • Óscar Quesada-Canales
  • Rubén S. Rosales
  • Soraya Déniz
  • Manuel Arbelo

Abstract

The European domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus domesticus) is commonly kept as a pet, with increasing popularity among pet owners. Despite the increasing body of information on lagomorph medicine and pathology, comprehensive published compilations of ...
Free accessResearch articleFirst published Aug 6, 2024
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Diseases of domestic rabbits by purpose; a retrospective study of 2,583 cases received at 4 diagnostic laboratories in California, USA, 2013–2022

  • Arturo Oliver-Guimera
  • Javier Asin
  • Denise M. Imai
  • M. Isabel Casanova
  • Anneliese Strunk
  • Kevin Keel
  • Francisco A. Uzal
  • Drury R. Reavill

Abstract

Domestic rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) are commonly kept as pets or bred for laboratory investigation, meat, fur production, or a combination of these purposes. We conducted a retrospective study to assess the prevalence of diseases in domestic rabbits ...
Free accessResearch articleFirst published Aug 5, 2024
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Neurodegeneration in a domestic rabbit with severe malnourishment and low hepatic copper

  • Katherine D. Watson
  • Verena K. Affolter
  • Sara Gardhouse
  • David Sanchez-Migallon Guzman
  • Robert H. Poppenga
  • Chai-Fei Li
  • Kathryn Phillips
  • Amir Kol
  • Kevin D. Woolard

Abstract

Copper is a trace element that plays an essential role in neurodevelopment and neurologic function. Acquired copper deficiency has a range of neurologic manifestations, with myelopathy being the most common association. We describe here the clinical, ...
Free accessResearch articleFirst published Aug 5, 2024
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Neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions in biopsy samples from pet rabbits in Hong Kong: a retrospective analysis, 2019-2022

  • Fraser I. Hill
  • May P. Y. Tse
  • Andrew D. Ferguson
  • Steve W. Mills
  • Jeanine R. Sandy
  • Charan K. Ganta
  • Ada G. Cino-Ozuna
  • Ibrahim Elsohaby

Abstract

Rabbits are popular pets in the urban environment of Hong Kong, ranking third behind cats and dogs. Here we describe the frequency of neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions in biopsies from pet rabbits submitted to the CityU Veterinary Diagnostic ...
Free accessResearch articleFirst published Jul 23, 2024
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Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2, 2010–2023: a review of global detections and affected species

  • Javier Asin
  • Carlos Calvete
  • Francisco A. Uzal
  • Beate M. Crossley
  • Margarida Dias Duarte
  • Eileen E. Henderson
  • Fábio Abade dos Santos

Abstract

Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2/genotype GI.2 (RHDV2/GI.2; Caliciviridae, Lagovirus) causes a highly contagious disease with hepatic necrosis and disseminated intravascular coagulation in several Leporidae species. RHDV2 was first detected in European ...
Open AccessResearch articleFirst published Jun 19, 2024
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Causes of morbidity and mortality in wild cottontail rabbits in the eastern United States, 2013–2022

  • Alisia A. W. Weyna
  • Victoria A. Andreasen
  • Caitlin E. Burrell
  • Melanie R. Kunkel
  • Rebecca Radisic
  • Chloe C. Goodwin
  • Heather Fenton
  • Brian S. Dugovich
  • Rebecca L. Poulson
  • Mark G. Ruder
  • Michael J. Yabsley
  • Susan Sanchez
  • Nicole M. Nemeth

Abstract

Interest in causes of mortality of free-ranging, native North American lagomorphs has grown with the emergence of rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2 (RHDV2). Over the years 2013–2022, the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study received 119 ...
Free accessResearch articleFirst published Jun 10, 2024
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