title: Prevalence of Lawsonia intracellularis, Salmonella spp. and Eimeria spp. in healthy and diarrheic pet rabbits.
abstract: A total of 170 fresh fecal samples (healthy; n=137, diarrheic; n=33) were collected from pet rabbits. By using PCR and formol-ether concentration method, a total 13/137 healthy rabbit feces were positive for L. intracellularis, 6/137 for Salmonella, and 13/137 for Eimeria. On the other hand, a total 17/33 diarrheic rabbit fecal samples were positive for L. intracellularis, 10/33 for Salmonella, and 21/33 for Eimeria. From these results, more than 20% of clinically normal and 97% of diarrheic rabbits were positive for single or concurrent infection of three pathogens. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report to describe the prevalence of the microorganisms L. intracellularis, Salmonella and Eimeria in pet rabbits.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong Ju
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Dong Hyeok
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jin Ju
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Dae Geun
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang Hun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Wongi
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Min
authors.forename: Hong Hee
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Man Hee
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Rhee
authors.forename: Suk
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D045824:Desulfovibrionaceae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004539:Eimeria / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D020639:Lawsonia Bacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D015995:Prevalence; D011817:Rabbits / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D012475:Salmonella / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D016054:DNA, Protozoan