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Infectious agents associated with epizootic rabbit enteropathy: Isolation and attempts to reproduce the syndrome
Marlier, Didier; Dewrée, Roxane; Lassence, Cédric et al.
2006In Veterinary Journal, 172 (3), p. 493-500
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Keywords :
epizootic rabbit enteropathy; Oryctolagus cuniculus; aetiology; Clostridium perfringens; inoculation
Abstract :
[en] Epizootic rabbit enteropathy (ERE), a highly lethal (30-80% mortality) disease of broiler rabbits aged 6-14 weeks, first appeared in 1997 in French intensive enclosed rabbitries and is of unknown aetiology. Bacteriological, virological and parasitical examination of the intestinal contents of rabbits that had died either in spontaneous field cases or after experimental reproduction of ERE, were undertaken in an attempt to identify infectious agents that may play a role in the disease. Two bacterial strains, Clostridium perfringens and non-enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, were repeatedly isolated at high faecal counts from naturally infected animals. In field cases, a correlation between typical gross lesions of epizootic enteropathy and the presence of the alpha toxin of Cl. perfringens was observed (P < 0.0001; Chi-squared test). Although attempts to reproduce the disease by inoculation with different pools of cultivable bacterial strains failed, the disease was successfully reproduced by inoculation with one French and two Belgian samples of caecal contents. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Disciplines :
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
Marlier, Didier  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Médecine des oiseaux, des lagomorphes et des rongeurs
Dewrée, Roxane
Lassence, Cédric ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > Département des sciences de la vie
Licois, Dominique;  Institut national de la recherche agronomique - INRA (Nouzilly, France)
Mainil, Jacques ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires > Bactériologie et pathologie des maladies bactériennes
Coudert, Pierre;  Institut national de la recherche agronomique - INRA (Nouzilly, France)
Meulemans, L.
Ducatelle, R.
Vindevogel, Henri ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Services généraux (Faculté de médecine vétérinaire) > Relations académiques et scientifiques (Méd. vétérinaire)
Language :
English
Title :
Infectious agents associated with epizootic rabbit enteropathy: Isolation and attempts to reproduce the syndrome
Publication date :
2006
Journal title :
Veterinary Journal
ISSN :
1090-0233
eISSN :
1532-2971
Publisher :
Bailliere Tindall, London, United Kingdom
Volume :
172
Issue :
3
Pages :
493-500
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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