Disney
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Hello
A breeder friend of my has a bign barn full of rabbits and recently she imported an amount of rabbits from Germany.
Within a few weeks a few rabbits started sneezing and snottering. A few days later she had 6 sick rabbits and moved them to her parents barn.
She was told to cull the rabbits because they were supposed to be picked up by their new owner.. but she decided to treat the rabbits without the owner knowing.
A while later the rabbits seemed to improve and stopped showing signs, except for 1 rabbit who keeps sneezing. Now she fell into a nasty legal fight with the owner who refused to pay the medical bills but that aside..
She found out the culprit who infected the others, today and also moved it to the other barn but now she heared a doe sneeze who is raising a litter and another buck having a wet nose without snot..
Now she is asking if this is a chronical Pasteurella outbreak or a cold that will blow over? And how does P. infect other rabbits? By the swirling bacteria from the sneezes or by direct contact?
I was supposed to send 3 of my rabbits over to her during my move to a new house.. and now we're both scared since she doesn't want anymore rabbits to become sick.
So what is going on with these rabbits and how does the virus move around and infect others?
A breeder friend of my has a bign barn full of rabbits and recently she imported an amount of rabbits from Germany.
Within a few weeks a few rabbits started sneezing and snottering. A few days later she had 6 sick rabbits and moved them to her parents barn.
She was told to cull the rabbits because they were supposed to be picked up by their new owner.. but she decided to treat the rabbits without the owner knowing.
A while later the rabbits seemed to improve and stopped showing signs, except for 1 rabbit who keeps sneezing. Now she fell into a nasty legal fight with the owner who refused to pay the medical bills but that aside..
She found out the culprit who infected the others, today and also moved it to the other barn but now she heared a doe sneeze who is raising a litter and another buck having a wet nose without snot..
Now she is asking if this is a chronical Pasteurella outbreak or a cold that will blow over? And how does P. infect other rabbits? By the swirling bacteria from the sneezes or by direct contact?
I was supposed to send 3 of my rabbits over to her during my move to a new house.. and now we're both scared since she doesn't want anymore rabbits to become sick.
So what is going on with these rabbits and how does the virus move around and infect others?