- 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
