what is the worst disease a animal in your care has had

Question: what is the worst disease a animal in your care has had
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  vet
Asked by ratboy to Claire on 12 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by elizabethc.
- Claire Vinten answered on 12 Mar 2014:
  
  Hi 🙂
  
  The worst disease I have seen in an animal is called ‘myxomatosis’.
  
  This is a disease rabbits get, and it kills them. The rabbit will have lots of pus coming from its eyes, it will become swollen in several places over its body and it will be very very poorly. Eventually it will stop eating and die. However, when a rabbit has this disease, it is nice to put it to sleep rather than wait for it to die.
  
  This disease is fairly common in rabbits, but there is a vaccination that vets can give rabbits to stop them catching it. so if you have a rabbit, always get it vaccinated!

Question: what is the worst disease a animal in your care has had