Cillia-Associated Respiratory Bacillus
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CAR bacillus
- Causative agent: Cillia-associated respiratory bacillus
- An unclassified bacteria that can't be grown in culture
- Colonises ciliated epithelium in rodents and ruminants
- Associated with chronic lymphocytic rhinitis, tracheitis and bronchitis
- Clinical disease in rabbits and rodents
- Subclinical disease in ruminants