Pneumocystis oryctolagi

This is a disease rabbits get. It hosts specifically on lagomorphas. It used to be unclassified taxonomically and called Pneumocystis carinii. It's relatives attack other creatures. Pneumocystis wakefieldiae and carinii in the rat, P. murina in the mouse, and P. jirovecii in the human. P. oryctolagi are a disease of the lungs and are rare, but apparently incurable according the my one source.https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/oryctolagus
Category:Diseases
Category:Rabbits