@article{DomingoTomás:31664,
author = "Domingo Tomás, Paula and Chacón Pérez, Gema and De Blas
Giral, Ignacio",
title = "{Importancia de rotavirus tipo A en conejo de cebo:
estudio comparativo entre animales con procesos entéricos
y animales sanos.}",
year = "2015",
note = "Enteric diseases produce serious economic losses in
cuniculture due to mortality, decreased growth and
worsening conversion rate. The aim of this study was to
assess the importance of rotavirus in the differential
diagnosis of diarrhoea in fattening rabbits and the
relation with other etiological agents. Therefore,
digestive tract samples of 90 cases with gastrointestinal
symptoms and 40 cases without gastrointestinal symptoms in
fattening rabbits between 35 and 55 days of age were
analyzed. Samples were microbiologically cultured and PCR
real time assay (qPCR) was used for the detection of
rotavirus and Escherichia coli eae gene. Eimeria spp. was
detected by coprology study and the presence of Clostridium
spiroforme and Clostridium perfringens was assessed by Gram
strain. Rotavirus was detected in 57.8% of cases of sick
animals, nevertheless just 25% of healthy animals were
positive (p<0.01). The presence of a single agent did not
exceed 2.2%, demonstrating the multifactorial nature of
enteric processes. The presence of rotavirus in sick
animals increases the presence of other agents: coccidia
and enteropathogenic E. coli, p<0.05. To conclude,
rotavirus type A is involved in enteric processes in
fattening rabbits being necessary to include it in the
differential diagnosis.",
}