Establishment of a Colony of Japanese White Rabbits Free from Coccidia and Their Breeding Performance

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  • KASAI Kazuhiro
    <I>Department of Biological Science, Development Laboratories, Hoechst Japan Limited</I>
  • MIYAMOTO Masaki
    <I>Department of Biological Science, Development Laboratories, Hoechst Japan Limited</I>
  • SAKAGUCHI Takashi
    <I>Department of Biological Science, Development Laboratories, Hoechst Japan Limited</I>

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  • 日本白色種ウサギのCoccidiumフリーコロニーの作出とその繁殖成績
  • ニホン ハクショクシュ ウサギ ノ Coccidium フリー コロニー ノ

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A colony of rabbits free from coccidia was established in 1974 by weaning young at 25 days of age from dams infected with coccidia. Until now Bordetella, Pasteurella and Psoroptes cuniculi have not been detected either, and neither diarrhea nor death has occurred in weanlings of the colony. However, the mortality of sucklings was significantly high owing to cannibalism and tread by their dams. The weaning rate was effectively improved by use of a large nursing cage (3, 100cm2) and sterilized hay on a stainless steel mesh floor of the nursing cage.

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  • Experimental Animals

    Experimental Animals 28 (4), 491-495, 1979

    Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science

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