Herpesvirus cuniculi is non-pathogenic.
Another herpesvirus causes skin lesions (red, raised macules on the face and back) and localised inflammatory lesions in the lungs and multiple necrotic patches in the spleen. It is fatal. (Okerman 1994).
References
- Okerman, L. (1994) Diseases of Domestic Rabbits. Blackwell Scientific Publications 2nd Edition
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