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CT revealed a right cervical mass involving the right salivary gland with a suspected draining tract and consolidation in the right caudal lung lobe. Antibiotics were adjusted and the mass was surgically removed. The rabbit returned to normal appetite and behavior four days post-operatively, continued systemic antibiotics for one month and remains clinically healthy today (4 mon postoperatively). Management of G. cuniculi-associated clinical disease has not been reported previously in a rabbit. 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