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test for pastuella

If your bun is sneezing your vet can do a nasal swab and culture it to see what grows, and will be able to tell you exactly what it is and then prescribe the appropriate antibiotics.

Pasteurella can also cause runny eyes and wheezy chests...etc
 
Yep, they can do swabs for it. Its meant to be one of those things like EC though, the bun may test positive but never show any sypmtoms. Its been suggested that most petshop rabbits will have it anyway.

Tam
 
You can also get false negative results, & false positive results too, though, because all rabbits harbour the Pasteurella bacteria in their nasal cavity, regardless of whether it is full blown Pasteurellosis or not. This is what my rabbit book says (by rabbit vet Virginia Richardson).

I had a swab done once on a rabbit that came back negative & i swear to this day that she had Pasteurellosis.

I spoke to the lab myself who told me the test was fairly accurate, but i got the feeling the chap didn't really know!!
 
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