The eradication of Encephalitozoon cuniculi from a specific pathogen-free rabbit colony.
Encephalitozoan cuniculi was discovered in a large specific pathogen-free rabbit colony during routine quality assurance testing. By using a modified India-ink immunoreaction test we were able to test the entire colony for antibodies to Encephalitozoon cuniculi. The prevalence of the disease was approximately 5%. All seropositive animals were culled, and another test of the entire colony, carried out 4 weeks later, revealed one seropositive rabbit which was also culled. Two subsequent screenings of the whole colony have shown no further seropositive animals.
D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000276:immunology; D005856:Germ-Free Life; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D011529:Protozoan Infections, Animal; D011817:Rabbits; D013047:Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms
D000906:Antibodies