17. preventive and control measures in herbivores fur animals

what are the herbivores fur animals ?

• rabbits

• guinea pigs

• hares

• chinchillas

• nutrias

The main goals of control and prevention are :

• control wild animal that live near fur animals → vectors for diseases

• hygiene

• vaccination

what are the main diseases that need control and prevention ?

• Hemmorhagic disease of rabbits

• Myxomatosis

• Pasteurella multocida

• Trychophyton mentagrophytes

• Treponema caliculi (rabbit syphilis)

• Colibacilloiss

• Salmonella paratyphus

Hemorrhagic disease of rabbits

• calicivirus

• very contagious

• usually die without signs

• direct and indirect transmission

• if outbreak depopulation, disinfection and quarantine

• test new animals by PCR,ELISA, Western blot

• vaccination

Myxomatosis

• leporivirus

• very contagious

• vector transmission

• outrbeak : depopulation, disinfection, quarantine, test new animals

• vector controls

Pasteurella multocida

• snuffles

• kill suspected animals

• disinfection and increase hygiene to avoid it

Trichophyton mentagrophytes

• fungus cause ringworm

• quarantine

• giving the animal a dose of antifungal medication that is twice the normal preventive dose, 3 times a day

• clean an disinfection of env. to remove any fungal spores

Treponema caliculi (rabbit syphilis)

• veneral transmission

• separated affected animals

• quarantine

• test new animals

• prohibit breeding

Colibacillosis

• E. coli enterotoxemia

• good hygien for prevention

• proper feeding

• isolation of affected animals

• vaccination

Salmonella

• good hygien is the better prevention

• quarantine and isolation

• stress management

• vaccination

• propper feeding —> commercial feeding can reduce the risk from raw food