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Post by cheryl'n'bruce'flo Tue Nov 15, 2011 3:26 pm

I see my local RSPCA centre has shut it's doors to incoming animals and also to visitors. The website says that this is because of a highly infectious disease that may be caught by humans. Now a week ago they withdrew their rabbits from being rehomed due to infection so it sounds as if this might be the cause. But it has me curious as to what the illness could be. E.C would only affect the most immune compromised people, Pasturella would require very close contact. I wondered about the bacteria that causes some types of snuffles in buns and kennel cough in dogs, but is that transferable to humans? I guess I feel my knowledge of rabbit zoonses is not very good.


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Post by Thumper2001 Tue Nov 15, 2011 7:09 pm

Oh no! That does not sound good Sad

Hopefully they can get it sorted out sharpish.
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Post by Vince the bunny Tue Nov 15, 2011 7:40 pm

Perhaps they all have Vince's syphilis Laughing



(it's not transferable between humans and animals, luckily)
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Post by Velvet.Tears Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:02 pm

Vince the bunny wrote:Perhaps they all have Vince's syphilis Laughing



(it's not transferable between humans and animals, luckily)

ROFL ROFL
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Post by icedancer Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:08 pm

Vince the bunny wrote:Perhaps they all have Vince's syphilis Laughing



(it's not transferable between humans and animals, luckily)

Now we know where his hareem is!!!
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Post by cheryl'n'bruce'flo Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:33 pm

Taxi for Vince - going all the way down the M5 and A30 to Cornwall.
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Post by NickieM Tue Nov 15, 2011 11:08 pm

Poor Vince, he's never going to live this down! Laughing Laughing
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Post by icedancer Wed Nov 16, 2011 6:49 am

cheryl'n'bruce'flo wrote:Taxi for Vince - going all the way down the M5 and A30 to Cornwall.

He's getting too much pocket money if he can keep affording to do that!!!

Poor Vince
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Post by Jay Wed Nov 16, 2011 9:16 am

ROFL dirty Vince Laughing

Cheryl, I do know that the RSPCA are well OTT about being sued about anything at all, and if there is an EC outbreak, then I can see why they would have done this - old people, HIV+ people, and generally ill people can be affected by coming into contact.

The only other thing is that it may be Myxi or Cocc. and they don't want to risk people taking it home and infecting other buns.
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Post by cheryl'n'bruce'flo Wed Nov 16, 2011 1:13 pm

The message on their website says

'We have a possible infection that can be highly contagious to both animals and people.'

which would imply it is more than just something they would be taking home with them to their animals.
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Post by Jay Wed Nov 16, 2011 4:11 pm

mmmm. may not be bunny related - perhaps it's rabies... Shocked

I don't think there's a highly infectious rabbit illness thats zoonotic.

As you say...curiouser & curiouser... scratch
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Post by Thumper2001 Wed Nov 16, 2011 11:03 pm

If you ever get to the bottom of it, please do let us know.

I'm curious too!
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Post by Velvet.Tears Wed Nov 16, 2011 11:34 pm

I'm gunna ask my local RSPCA see if they know
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Post by cheryl'n'bruce'flo Tue Nov 22, 2011 3:29 pm

They are to reopen on Thursday and they have announced they had suspected parvo virus. Not usual in buns but I am still assuming they must have been the source as the centre removed all of it's rabbits from teh website saying they were unwell. The dogs and cats remained advertised just not visitable.
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Post by Thumper2001 Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:45 pm

I've never even heard of it Embarassed

I hope the buns are all ok Sad
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