| experimental infection of eastern cottontail rabbits sylvilagus floridanus) with infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus. | experimental infection of eastern cottontail rabbits (sylvilagus floridanus) with infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus caused acute keratoconjunctivitis and a fatal systemic infection. the clinical syndrome was characterized initially by blepharospasm and ocular discharge. the rabbits were markedly depressed on post-exposure day (ped) 5 and were dead or moribund on ped 6. the virus was readily recovered from liver and adrenal gland tissue on ped 6 and from conjunctival swabs on ped 1 to 6. hi ... | 1979 | 230773 |