Infections associated with rabbits

• Bites and scratches: Pasteurella multocida
• Dermatophytes causing ringworm
• Cheyletiella parasitovorax, a non-burrowing mite that can cause hair loss and scaly skin
  • Also fleas, ticks, lice
• Cryptosporidiosis
• Mycobacterium avium complex, particularly of pygmy rabbits (Brachylagus idahoensis)
• Also tularemia, plague, salmonellosis, and campylobacteriosis