Cutaneous staphylococcosis in rabbits

Okerman, L.; Devriese, L.; Maertens, Laura A.; Okerman, F; Godard, C.

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“…In animals, staphylococcal infections cause substantial economic losses in livestock industry worldwide (Mork et al, 2005). In rabbits, this bacteria infects dermal lesions and invades subcutaneous tissues (Okerman et al, 1984) causing different lesions including pododermatitis, multisystemic abscessation and mastitis Corpa et al, 2009). In humans, nearly one third of the population is currently colonised by S. aureus (Mainous et al, 2006).…”

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Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage could be a risk for development of clinical infections in rabbits

2015

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Although nasal carriage has been described as a risk factor for Staphylococcus aureus infections in humans, there is a scarcity of studies about S. aureus nasal carriers in animals. In rabbits, S. aureus is one of the most important pathogens responsible for a number of different types of infections. This study was designed to determine the extent of staphylococcal nasal carriage and to establish whether a relationship exists between nasal carriage and development of lesions. One hundred and sixteen rabbits with and without chronic signs of staphylococcosis from 6 industrial rabbitries were monitored. Nasal swabs for microbiological assessments were obtained from all animals. Microbiological results showed that 56% of the animals carried S. aureus in their nasal cavities with significantly higher incidence in animals with staphylococcal-related lesions (84.2%) compared to apparently healthy animals (28.8%). Additionally, the S. aureus strains isolated from the nasal cavity and lesions were clonally related in 91.7% of animals. This suggests that nasal carriage of S. aureus in rabbits could be a risk for development of clinical infections.

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Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage could be a risk for development of clinical infections in rabbits

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“…This leads to chronically poor production results and increased slaughterhouse condemnations. The use of antibiotics in feed or drinking water or topically applied does not offer an effective therapy (Okerman et al, 1984;Hermans et al, 2003) and often all animals have to be culled due to the high economic losses. In rabbit farming, vaccination would thus be a very valuable alternative to control the disease.…”

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Efficacy of an autogenous vaccine against highly virulent <i>Staphylococcus aureus </i>infection in rabbits

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ABSTRACT:The effi cacy of an autogenous vaccine consisting of a whole cell suspension of formalin killed bacteria in sterile buffered saline against Staphylococcus aureus infections was determined, using a well-established rabbit skin infection model. Thirteen 8 wk old rabbits were vaccinated twice subcutaneously with a 2 wk interval while 10 rabbits were injected twice with formalised PBS (sterile phosphate buffered saline). Two weeks after the last injection, 10 vaccinated and all PBS-injected rabbits were inoculated intradermally with 10 8 cfu of a S. aureus strain (KH 171)which had been shown to be highly virulent for rabbits. Three vaccinated animals served as negative controls and were intradermally injected with sterile buffered saline. All rabbits were examined daily for the development of skin lesions until 14 d after the experimental infection when all rabbits were euthanised. All animals experimentally infected with S. aureus developed skin abscesses within 24 h post-inoculation, but in the vaccinated group the maximum abscess diameter was signifi cantly lower than in the non-vaccinated group (P=0.048). This difference between autovaccinated and non-vaccinated groups increased over time (P<0.001). These results indicate that vaccination with an inactivated whole cell bacterin may be useful for control of staphylococcosis in rabbits but does not prevent abscess formation in animals inoculated with a high dose of a highly virulent S. aureus strain.

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“…Rabbit syphilis is a rabbit venereal disease caused by Treponema paraluis-cuniculi. This spirochete is transmitted by direct contact, especially during mating, and from a doe to kits [5][6][7][8]. Though several serological methods have been used to detect rabbit syphilis including the RPR test, VDRL test, FTA-ABS test, and Wassermann reaction [1,3,4,6,8], the RPR test was used in this study because it has been reported to be a specific [3] and useful diagnostic test for rabbit syphilis [3,4].…”

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“…The profiles, symptoms, and results of the RPR tests in these three cases are shown in Table 2. Lesions can be frequently observed on the genitalia, nose, lips, and eyelids [5,6,9], requiring a thorough differential diagnosis [6,7,9]. The RPR test can be useful in such cases to support presumptive diagnoses based on clinical signs, and could be helpful in the differential diagnosis of dermatophytosis, pyoderma, and trauma.…”

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RPR Test for Serological Survey of Rabbit Syphilis in Companion Rabbits

Saito

Tagawa

Hasegawa

2003

The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

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ABSTRACT. Since the RPR (rapid plasma regain) test was found to be useful for the diagnosis of rabbit syphilis, serological survey by this test has been carried out in Japanese companion rabbits. A hundred virgin household rabbits kept alone and without signs and history of syphilis were examined by RPR test from April 2001 to March 2002, in Tokyo, Japan. The test was positive in 35 cases and negative in 65 cases. RPR negative rabbits should be selected for breeding to prevent the spread of rabbit syphilis in companion rabbits in Japan.

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Cutaneous staphylococcosis in rabbits

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Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage could be a risk for development of clinical infections in rabbits

Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage could be a risk for development of clinical infections in rabbits

Efficacy of an autogenous vaccine against highly virulent <i>Staphylococcus aureus </i>infection in rabbits

RPR Test for Serological Survey of Rabbit Syphilis in Companion Rabbits

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