PRO/AH/EDR> Rabbit hemorrhagic disease – New Zealand (04): (MA) RHDV2, rabbit, OIE

Hemorrhagic Fever — New Zealand
Information received on [and dated] 15 May 2018 from Dr Tony Zohrab, Policy and Trade Branch, Ministry for Primary Industries, Wellington, New Zealand
Summary
Report type: immediate notification (final report)
Date of start of the event: 6 Apr 2018
Date of confirmation of the event: 12 May 2018
Reason for notification: new strain of a listed disease in the country
Causal agent: Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus
Serotype: RHDV2
Nature of diagnosis: clinical, laboratory (basic and