Cat scratch fever or rabbit fever whats the difference?

Question

I have a house cat and go rabbit hunting can I get these dieases what are the symptons

Answer 1

Cat-scratch disease and rabbit fever are caused by different bacteria.

Cat-scratch disease is a skin infection you get from being scratched by a cat and being inoculated with a specific bacteria called Rochalemia henselae (formerly called Bartonella henselae). It is treated with antibiotics.

Tularemia or rabbit fever is a potentially more dangerous disease. The pathogen in this case is called Franciscella turalensis - it is a very virulent bacteria in that you don't need that much of it to cause infection. It can come from a bite from an infected tick, from infected rabbit corpses, in an aerosolized form (as a bioweapon or from rabbits that have been pulverized in lawn mowers for example). You can get skin lesions, but can also develop other more systemic problems such as enlarged spleen.

Both of these will cause fevers, body aches, and other nonspecific constitutional symtoms like fatigue and generalized weakness and malaise. You may also develop swollen lymph nodes in both these infections. In more serious stages, it will affect the whole body and may lead to sepsis and death.

Answer 2

Whats Cat Scratch Fever

Answer 3

BIG difference. Cat scratch fever happens when you cat scratches you and it gets infected (toxoplasmosis). It's the same thing in dear meat that kills people. Rabbit Fever is a totally different bacterium and usually comes from not drinking clean water.