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They die at weaning time. They are fine one day, dead and skinny the next without diarhea, with water. The rabbits are in wire bottom cages, there is no fecal to ingest, which we also thought might be the problem
We tried closing the bottom in so they could and that didnt help. Sometimes they die 2 months after weaning, sometimes days but always the same way.

We sent some to the lab for testing, and they came back woth a slightly elevated fungal count but nothing else.

 

[alsea1]

The cocci oocytes can adhere to wire cages and any surface. That's what makes it so vexing.
I went thru the same problem you describe.
Just before a rabbit dies does it sound sloshy. Like a half full thermos?
I never did send any samples in for conformation.
I got some sulmet at the farm store and put in the rabbits water at weaning time. This seemed to break the cycle.
Once the rabbit went off feed I had very dismal luck saving it.
However awhile back I had two nine week olds start to show signs of it so I started treatment. A friend of ours produces medical pot and wanted to see if it would help my rabbits. I went ahead with it. I figured what the heck. Why not give it a try.
The pot seemed to take care of the discomfort and help get them back to eating again.
I try to keep enough cages that I can change out so that the empty ones are out in the sun and or I can put a torch to them and burn off the hair and what not. I think this kills whatever there is.
I hypothesize that a few of my adult does had become carrier's of this pest. So when the rabbits were weaning they were eating her poo(which is normal) to get their stomachs started and this is when they would become infected. And yes its fast.
Have you noted any teeth grinding just prior to death? I found that I could hear them grinding.

 

[alsea1]

Here is a pretty good read on it.
http://buzzybunnies.weebly.com/rabbit-illness--treatments.html