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PRO/AH/EDR> Rabbit hemorrhagic disease – UK (02): pet rabbit deaths

Other Animal Disease -- United KingdomA desperate hunt is underway for the vaccine of a highly infectious rabbit virus that has killed 400 pets in Britain in the last 6 months. Owners are being warned of a new mutated strain of rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD-2) that kills pet rabbits within days and has no UK vaccine. The deadly virus, which has almost no symptoms, may have affected 2000 rabbits already, with a further 1.3 million unprotected pets at risk. The current death toll of the virus, 1st Read more [...]