Cillia-Associated Respiratory Bacillus

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