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Spilopsyllus cuniculi, the rabbit flea, is a species of flea in the family Pulicidae. It is an external parasite of rabbits and hares and is occasionally found on cats and dogs and also certain seabirds that nest in burrows. It can act as a vector for the virus that causes the rabbit disease myxomatosis.
Praziquantel (5 mg/kg body weight) and epsiprantel have both been shown to be efficacious in the treatment of Taenia taeniaeformis in cats. Similarly, febantel and fenbendazole are approved for the treatment of this parasite in most of the world. Mebendazole and nitroscanate are also products that have efficacy against taeniataeniaeformis in ...
Encephalitozoon cuniculi is a microsporidial parasite of mammals with world-wide distribution. An important cause of neurologic and renal disease in rabbits, E. cuniculi can also cause disease in immunocompromised people. Its current accepted name is Nosema cuniculi. [2]
Taenia pisiformis, commonly called the rabbit tapeworm, is an endoparasitic tapeworm which causes infection in lagomorphs, rodents, and carnivores. Adult T. pisiformis typically occur within the small intestines of the definitive hosts , the carnivores.
Notoedric mange - AKA feline scabies, disease in cats. Psorergatic mange - AKA itch mite, disease in cattle and sheep. Pneumonyssoides caninum - AKA nasal mite, disease in dogs. Tick - Could be interesting to have an article on common tick species known to affect domestic species, and also a section on which species carry which diseases.
Moreover, it may take topical antibiotics and several weeks to clear infected external wounds caused by scratching on the exterior surfaces of cat and dog ears. Options for treating ear mites in rabbits are the related antiparasitics ivermectin and selamectin. [9] Both of these antiparasitics have also been used with good effect in cats and dogs.
When outside of its host, the parasite survives as a 2 μm spore, which is the infectious dauer stage. Three different strains of Encephalitozoon cuniculi are distinguished depending on the main host. [2] Rabbits are susceptible to all three strains, [3] but natural infections have only been described for the rabbit strain. [4] The following ...
Among the parasites that infect rabbits are tapeworms (such as Taenia serialis), external parasites (including fleas and mites), coccidia species, Encephalitozoon cuniculi, [107] and Toxoplasma gondii.