Pasteurella / Snuffles Article I Found Interesting

[Susie570]

I ran across this well written article about how to create a pasteurella free herd. It includes some nice information about decision making. It probably is nothing new to the experienced rabbit keeper, but might be valuable for those of us who are still new to the field.

http://www.raising-rabbits.com/pasteurellosis.html

 

[alforddm]

That is a good one Susie and I had not read it. Thank you for posting. I especially like how they dealt with the buck.

Here is another good article on the subject http://www.dutchrabbit.com/articles/hea ... ffles.html

 

[FourRingCircus]

I will have to check it out... I am still about 99% newbie :?

I was talking to DH about it last night with our Cali - and wondered why in the world they would name it such a "cute" name? I mean, nothing about the word "snuffles" sounds at all scary or troublesome!

 

[Susie570]

That is a good one Susie and I had not read it. Thank you for posting. I especially like how they dealt with the buck.

Here is another good article on the subject http://www.dutchrabbit.com/articles/hea ... ffles.html

That's a REALLY good article, alforddm! Thanks for sharing it

 

[FourRingCircus]

That is a really interesting article! And very informative when it comes to what to do and how to do it. I really want to breed toward herd hardiness (kind of like what my ideal chicken flock will one day be). I don't want to bounce around with medications - I mean, it doesn't work well for humans (hello, antibiotic resistance), why would it be any different for animals? And, again like humans, I can see how some exposure helps in the long run. It's a tough practice to follow, knowing good and well there will be a number of culled animals, but in the long run it appears it's well worth the effort.

 

[Zass]

Yep, both are great articles.


I relied on both heavily when I had pasteurella here.

My decision eventually was to wipe out my herd and start over.

Had I been quicker to cull the sneezing animals...I may have been able to save more of my stock.