It is a bacterial
infection cause by rabbit’s low resistance that makes a chronic inflammation of
the mucous membranes of the lungs. This is a highly transmittable
disease that may put your rabbitry in risk of infection. Carriers of the disease have bacterial
organism in their nasal cavities and can transmit it to a healthy rabbit. You
can use numerous antibiotics but there are no cures that develop until now.
Symptoms
Sign
of symptoms were usually sneezing and cough. Mucus comes out from nose and eyes
and when rubs it will dry and felted on rabbits feet. The
best that you can do against pasteurella is prevention.
Treatment
In
early stages use sulfaquinoxaline or other sulfa drugs just comply with the
label directions and follow a control program of tetracyclines to prevent a
recurrence of the disease. Add .25% sulfaquinoxaline in rabbits feed for three
or four weeks or in drinking water for two or three weeks. It may reduce transmission
of the disease to young rabbits.
Prevention
Eliminate drafty, damp, unsanitary conditions in
the rabbitry. Follow a strict sanitation routine. Isolate the infected or cull
to stop the spread of infection.
