Lapine rotavirus: preliminary studies on epizoology and transmission.
Antibody to rotavirus was found in sera of domestic rabbits, wild cottontail rabbits and Snowshoe hares. Eight out of 187 stools from a rabbitry contained rotavirus, though no clinical symptoms were apparent. The virus extracted from one such stool infected a five week old seronegative rabbit and led to distention and congestion of the colon, excretion of virus in the stool and a serological response to virus. Human and Simian rotaviruses did not replicate in the rabbits.
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000276:immunology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral