rabbits and diseases

Question
What is the symptoms and cure in pasterella disease in rabbits?

Answer
Dear Nikol,

Sorry for the delay; I have just finished an excruciatingly busy middle school ecology outreach program that pretty much prevented me from doing anything but that!  But now I'm back.

Pasteurella can manifest in any number of ways; it is a bacterium, not a disease.  So it can cause abscesses, upper respiratory infection, and even urinary tract infection.  Most commonly, it causes upper respiratory signs.

Most Pasteurella strains are quite sensitive to injectable Penicillin-G Procaine (the only penicillin safe for rabbits), or to the fluoroquinolones.  But you will need an experienced rabbit vet to help you:

www.rabbit.org/vets

Please also see:

www.bio.miami.edu/hare/sneezing.html

and

www.bio.miami.edu/hare/culture.html

Hope this helps.

Dana