Improving agricultural production of domestic rabbits in Serbia by follow-up study of their parasitic infections
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A study was made on the prevalence of some parasitic infections appearing in domestic rabbits obtained from individual breeders in Serbia in order to improve the agricultural production of these animals. Aside from economic reasons (meat production and reproduction) rabbits are bred for the research purposes, and races are kept as household pets. For these reasons, among others, it is important to gain knowledge of medical culprits including causes of parasitic diseases that compromise their health, well-being and cause economic losses. This parasitological research was conducted in the period from 2010 to 2015 in 8 epidemiological regions of Serbia, on 433 rabbits as representative samples of different races (154 individuals up to 1 years of age and 279 individuals older than 5). Out of the total number of examined rabbits parasitic infections were established in 82.68% of animals. We detected 3 species of endoparasites (Eimeria spp., Trichostrongylus spp., and Passalurus ambiguus) an...d 3 species of ectoparasites (Scabies from genera Sarcoptes, Psoroptes and Notoedres). In “kits” (small rabbits) coccidiosis was the most prevalent disease (50.65%), while in older animals trichostrongilidosis was common (39.07%). The most represented scabies infection was with the species Psoroptes cuniculi (12.01%). Aiming at better control on the health of rabbits, there is a growing need for continual monitoring of parasitic infections including appropriate diagnosis, application efficient therapeutic protocols and control measures.
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Domestic rabbits / Individual breeders / Parasitic infection / SerbiaSource:
Iranian Journal of Veterinary Research, 2018, 19, 4, 290-297Publisher:
- Shiraz Univ, Shiraz
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- Wild animal health monitoring and introduction of new biotechnology procedures in detection of infectious and zoonotic agents - risk analysis for human health, domestic and wild animal health and for environmental contamination (RS-MESTD-Technological Development (TD or TR)-31084)
- Application of the EIIP/ISM bioinformatics platform in discovery of novel therapeutic targets and potential therapeutic molecules (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-173001)
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Fakultet veterinarske medicineTY - JOUR AU - Ilić, Tamara AU - Stepanović, Predrag AU - Nenadović, Katarina AU - Dimitrijević, Sanda PY - 2018 UR - https://vet-erinar.vet.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1569 AB - A study was made on the prevalence of some parasitic infections appearing in domestic rabbits obtained from individual breeders in Serbia in order to improve the agricultural production of these animals. Aside from economic reasons (meat production and reproduction) rabbits are bred for the research purposes, and races are kept as household pets. For these reasons, among others, it is important to gain knowledge of medical culprits including causes of parasitic diseases that compromise their health, well-being and cause economic losses. This parasitological research was conducted in the period from 2010 to 2015 in 8 epidemiological regions of Serbia, on 433 rabbits as representative samples of different races (154 individuals up to 1 years of age and 279 individuals older than 5). Out of the total number of examined rabbits parasitic infections were established in 82.68% of animals. We detected 3 species of endoparasites (Eimeria spp., Trichostrongylus spp., and Passalurus ambiguus) and 3 species of ectoparasites (Scabies from genera Sarcoptes, Psoroptes and Notoedres). In “kits” (small rabbits) coccidiosis was the most prevalent disease (50.65%), while in older animals trichostrongilidosis was common (39.07%). The most represented scabies infection was with the species Psoroptes cuniculi (12.01%). Aiming at better control on the health of rabbits, there is a growing need for continual monitoring of parasitic infections including appropriate diagnosis, application efficient therapeutic protocols and control measures. PB - Shiraz Univ, Shiraz T2 - Iranian Journal of Veterinary Research T1 - Improving agricultural production of domestic rabbits in Serbia by follow-up study of their parasitic infections VL - 19 IS - 4 SP - 290 EP - 297 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_veterinar_1569 ER -
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Ilić, T., Stepanović, P., Nenadović, K.,& Dimitrijević, S.. (2018). Improving agricultural production of domestic rabbits in Serbia by follow-up study of their parasitic infections. in Iranian Journal of Veterinary Research Shiraz Univ, Shiraz., 19(4), 290-297. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_veterinar_1569
Ilić T, Stepanović P, Nenadović K, Dimitrijević S. Improving agricultural production of domestic rabbits in Serbia by follow-up study of their parasitic infections. in Iranian Journal of Veterinary Research. 2018;19(4):290-297. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_veterinar_1569 .
Ilić, Tamara, Stepanović, Predrag, Nenadović, Katarina, Dimitrijević, Sanda, "Improving agricultural production of domestic rabbits in Serbia by follow-up study of their parasitic infections" in Iranian Journal of Veterinary Research, 19, no. 4 (2018):290-297, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_veterinar_1569 .