If I remeber correctly, tularemia is, sadly, yet another biological agent we have released that has come back to bite us in the ****. It's a plague like illness in small rodents caused by the Gram-negative pleomorphic bacterium, 'Francisella tularensis'. It afects humans in 3 ways: pneumonic tularemia, septicaemic tularemia, and Ulceroglandular tularaemia. This is the kind you would get from handling an infected carcass (the other two are a direct result of deliberately released, and therefore, airborne tularemia).
Naturally occurring ulceroglandular tularaemia usually arises from handling a contaminated carcass or following a bite. Typically, a local papule arises at the site of inoculation accompanied by generalised symptoms including fever and aches. The lesion forms a pustule, which ruptures and develops into a painful, indolent ulcer. Ulceroglandular tularaemia presents itself similarly to cutaneous anthrax, and the bubonic plague. As the lesion progresses, it is accompanied by tender enlargement of one or more regional lymph nodes, which may become fluctuant and rupture. Local disease often continues to progress despite appropriate antibiotic therapy.
This is a nasty b*****d of a disease (thankyou M.I.6......
) But the chances of getting from a british rabbit, are, thankfully, so miniscule that you might as well forget you ever heard of it.
Happy hunting!!!!