The slaughterhouse is considered an important control point for the monitoring of rabbit diseases. In our study, 59,440 rabbit carcasses were examined, but only 1% of pathological lesions were recorded at post-mortem inspection. Mainly tegumentary, digestive and urinary systems were affected. The most consistent lesion was the subcutaneous abscess; nephritis, probably caused by Encephalitozoon cuniculi, was also frequent. A pathological alteration of the liver, classified as “necrotizing hepatitis”, localized at the caudate lobe, was observed and here firstly described.

Prevalence of pathological lesions in meat rabbit at slaughtering / A. Piccirillo, F. Rampin, E. Schiavon, L. Poppi, G. Grilli - In: 9th World rabbit congress : June, 10-13, 2008 Verona : ProceedingsCastanet-Tolosan : WRSA, 2008. - pp. 1417-1420 (( Intervento presentato al 9. convegno World Rabbit Congress tenutosi a Verona nel 2008.

Prevalence of pathological lesions in meat rabbit at slaughtering

G. Grilli
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2008

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The slaughterhouse is considered an important control point for the monitoring of rabbit diseases. In our study, 59,440 rabbit carcasses were examined, but only 1% of pathological lesions were recorded at post-mortem inspection. Mainly tegumentary, digestive and urinary systems were affected. The most consistent lesion was the subcutaneous abscess; nephritis, probably caused by Encephalitozoon cuniculi, was also frequent. A pathological alteration of the liver, classified as “necrotizing hepatitis”, localized at the caudate lobe, was observed and here firstly described.
Rabbit ; Pathology ; Slaughterhouse ; Post-mortem examination ; Epidemiology
Settore VET/05 - Malattie Infettive degli Animali Domestici
2008
World Rabbit Science Association
WRSA
http://world-rabbit-science.com/WRSA-Proceedings/Congress-2008-Verona/Papers/Q-Piccirillo.pdf
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