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Viral diseases of rabbits - Coggle Diagram
Viral diseases of rabbits
Myxomatosis
Treatment
Aggressive antibiotics
Gut stimulants
Prevention
Vaccination
Vector control
Pathogenesis
Generalised spread to skin and internal organs
Affects lymphocytes causing immune suppression
Spreads to region lymph nodes
Multiplies in skin at site of inoculation
Transmission
Insect bites - vector
Direct contact
Clinical signs
Pyrexia
Depression
Ocular/nasal discharge
Anorexia
Oedema of head, eyelids and genitals
DNA
Viral haemorrhagic disease
Highly contagious
Pathogenesis
Enteritis
Lymphoid necrosis
Viraemia leads to hepatic necrosis
Transmission
Direct contact
Inhalation
faeco-oral
Indirect contact
Fomites
Vectors
Prevention = vaccination
Can survive for up to 3 months in environment
No treatment - fatal
RNA
Incubation period = 16 hours to 3 days
Calicivirus
Clinical signs
Blood from nose and mouth
Dyspnoea
Sudden death
Convulsions