ogen that causes a wide spectrum of pathologies inducing losses in commercial rabbits. Remarkably, septic arthritis in the joints of the rabbits showed histological evidence of damage affecting the knees (Marcheix et al., 2018).Hypertrophy of the synovial membrane, infiltration with neutrophils, lymphocytes, histiocytes, giant cells, and plasmatic cells, arthrocentesis, and finally cartilage and bone damage were the typical pathological changes caused by S. aureus in rabbits (Ainara et al., 2021). Rapid diagnosis and treatment are required for better management of joint degenerations and to control the high mortality rates (Ghosh