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Are EC spores airborne?

Beau Belle

Beau Belle

Mama Doe
Hello All,

I’m slightly (a lot) anxious and am hoping for advice and/or reassurance:

I just took Pepper and Bertie to the vets as Pepper had a check-up booked in. As we were waiting in reception to pay, a very distressed woman carrying a cardboard box turned up. The receptionist took the box and disappeared out back for a while. When she came back with the box, she handed it to the woman and told her that the Vet suspects EC.

At first I was very supportive and told the woman to sit down and breathe, but then I had a bit of a panic attack as well, worrying that my buns will catch spores their the air o_O The receptionist said my buns will not have caught anything and I don’t need to give them Panacur (she said she didn’t touch the poorly bun so no cross-contamination of any kind) but I’m still worried. What do you think? Could it happen? I’ve nursed a bun through EC before and it’s not something I want to repeat... xx
 
Beau Belle said:
Hello All,

I’m slightly (a lot) anxious and am hoping for advice and/or reassurance:

I just took Pepper and Bertie to the vets as Pepper had a check-up booked in. As we were waiting in reception to pay, a very distressed woman carrying a cardboard box turned up. The receptionist took the box and disappeared out back for a while. When she came back with the box, she handed it to the woman and told her that the Vet suspects EC.

At first I was very supportive and told the woman to sit down and breathe, but then I had a bit of a panic attack as well, worrying that my buns will catch spores their the air o_O The receptionist said my buns will not have caught anything and I don’t need to give them Panacur (she said she didn’t touch the poorly bun so no cross-contamination of any kind) but I’m still worried. What do you think? Could it happen? I’ve nursed a bun through EC before and it’s not something I want to repeat... xx
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EC is passed on via spores excreted in urine, so ingestion of contaminated food/hay is the main route of transmission. Very rarely inhaled spores from urine could potentially lead to cross infection. But this is highly unlikely. It can also be transmitted from Mother to Kits during birth. I'd say that it were 99.9% UNLIKELY that your Rabbits are at risk from the Rabbit in the Surgery today :)

https://www.dechra.co.uk/therapy-ar...cs-antifungals/disease-information/e-cuniculi
 
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