Recently, multiple infectious organisms have been identified as the cause of emerging
diseases in lagomorphs. They have had widespread effects on wild, farmed, and domestic
rabbit populations. The most important of these emerging diseases are rabbit hemorrhagic
disease virus type 2 (RHDV-2), a new variant with differences in pathogenicity to classic
RHDV. Hepatitis E is considered an emerging zoonotic infectious disease, with widespread
prevalence in many different rabbit populations. Mycobacteriosis, classically described in …