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Tularemia or Rabbit Fever
Filed Under: Dogs, Cats, Pocket Pets, Diseases, Rabbits
A disease first described in a California ground squirrel around 1913, tularemia is also known as "rabbit" or "deerfly fever". The disease is caused by a gram-negative bacterium by the name of "Francisella tularensis". The bacterial septicemia may affect over 50 different species of wild and domestic mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and even man.
