A Retrospective Study of Neurological Disease in 118 Rabbits

A retrospective pathological study of 118 rabbits presenting with neurological disease was conducted. Diagnoses were categorized on the basis of aetiopathogenesis as inflammatory, vascular, traumatic, metabolic-toxic, neoplastic, degenerative or idiopathic. Central nervous system (CNS) lesions were...

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Published in:Journal of comparative pathology 2009, Vol.140 (1), p.31-37
Main Authors: Gruber, A., Pakozdy, A., Weissenböck, H., Csokai, J., Künzel, F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Central Nervous System Diseases - diagnosis
Central Nervous System Diseases - pathology
Central Nervous System Diseases - veterinary
Cerebrum - pathology
disease diagnosis
encephalitis
Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex - diagnosis
Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex - pathology
Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex - veterinary
Encephalitozoon cuniculi
encephalitozoonosis
Encephalitozoonosis - diagnosis
Encephalitozoonosis - pathology
Encephalitozoonosis - veterinary
etiology
Female
herpes simplex
herpes simplex virus encephalitis
Hippocampus - pathology
inflammation
lesions (animal)
Male
nervous system diseases
Neuritis - diagnosis
Neuritis - pathology
Neuritis - veterinary
neurological disease
rabbit
rabbit diseases
Rabbits
Retrospective Studies
zoonoses
zoonosis
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Summary:A retrospective pathological study of 118 rabbits presenting with neurological disease was conducted. Diagnoses were categorized on the basis of aetiopathogenesis as inflammatory, vascular, traumatic, metabolic-toxic, neoplastic, degenerative or idiopathic. Central nervous system (CNS) lesions were present in 85 (72.0%) of the rabbits and in most of these cases (70.3%) a causative agent was identified. The majority of animals ( n = 78, 66.1%) had disease of an inflammatory nature and 71 of these 78 rabbits had one of two zoonotic infectious diseases: encephalitozoonosis ( n = 69, 58.5%) and herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis ( n = 2). Infections with zoonotic potential are therefore a major cause of CNS disease in the rabbit.
ISSN:0021-9975
1532-3129
DOI:10.1016/j.jcpa.2008.09.009