Treponema infection and clinical manifestations
Not all lagomorphs could be clinically inspected by our research team. Of those clinically examined (n=531/1,095) only 20 animals (3.8%) had crusts and ulcerations in the face (n=6) or genital region (n=14). The latter includes the domestic rabbit presented in a veterinary clinic. All samples from animals with documented facial or genital lesions –L. europaeus = 13, L. timidus = 4, L. corsicanus = 2 and O. cuniculus = 1 – were PCR positive forT. paraluisleporidarum (Table S1). Table 1 provides an overview about the PCR results in all lagomorphs.
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