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The rabbit as an animal model to study innate immunity genes: Is it better than mice?
Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) was the first animal model used to understand human diseases like rabies and syphilis. Nowadays, the rabbit is still used to study several human infectious diseases like syphilis, HIV and papillomavirus ...
João Soares +7 more
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The potential role of scavenging flies as mechanical vectors of Lagovirus europaeus/GI.2
Virology Journal, 2023 The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) populations of the Iberian Peninsula have been severely affected by the emergence of the rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) Lagovirus europaeus/GI.2 (RHDV2/b).
Ana M. Lopes +11 more
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THE INITIAL IMPACT OF RABBIT HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE ON EUROPEAN RABBIT POPULATIONS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA [PDF]
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 1998 The calicivirus agent for rabbit hemorrhagic disease (RHD) escaped from an island quarantine station to the Australian mainland in October 1995. Within 2 wk it was detected at an established field study site where wild European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) were being monitored in the Flinders Ranges National Park (South Australia, Australia). During
G, Mutze, B, Cooke, P, Alexander
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Rabbit meat trade of major countries: regional pattern and driving forces
World Rabbit Science, 2022 In in the last 60 or so years, the global rabbit industry has been growing steadily. This paper studies the global rabbit meat trade by focusing on trade growth and regional pattern. First, rabbit meat production and regional structure are introduced, as
Laping Wu
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Feeding, Nutrition and Rearing Systems of the Rabbit
Animals, 2023 During the last years, several issues have contributed to a progressive decline in rabbit meat consumption in the European Union, including consumers’ concerns for animal welfare, the unsuitable presentation of the end product, an increased popularity of
Marco Birolo
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Evolutionary Insights into IL17A in Lagomorphs
Mediators of Inflammation, 2015 In leporids, IL17A had been implicated in the host defense against extracellular pathogens, such as Francisella tularensis that infects hares and rabbits and causes the zoonotic disease tularemia.
Fabiana Neves +4 more
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World Rabbit Science, 2014 In Sicilian Mediterranean ecosystems the European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus is a keystone species, very important for popular small game species and for ecological reasons.
M. Lo Valvo, A. La Scala, M. Scalisi
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Viruses, 2014 Rabbit hemorrhagic disease is caused by a calicivirus, rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV), which is responsible for high mortality in domestic and wild European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). RHDV strains were sequenced from wild European rabbits (
Pedro J. Esteves +5 more
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Leporid immunoglobulin G shows evidence of strong selective pressure on the hinge and CH3 domains [PDF]
Open Biology, 2014 Immunoglobulin G (IgG) is the predominant serum immunoglobulin and has the longest serum half-life of all the antibody classes. The European rabbit IgG has been of significant importance in immunological research, and is therefore well characterized ...
Ana Pinheiro +6 more
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World Rabbit Science, 2020 Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and cytochrome b (cyt b) gene sequences were used to determine the status of genetic diversity and phylogeny for 132 individuals from local rabbit breeds in Egypt and Spain.
Ahmed Mostafa Emam +6 more
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