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Alert over deadly bug attacking rabbits
Ralph Riegel ? 04 November 2013 02:30 PM
IRELAND'S rabbit population is reeling from a deadly virus which is devastating warrens across Munster and Leinster.
Wildlife officials are now assessing Ireland's rabbit population amid fears it is suffering its greatest decline since another virus, Myxomatosis, was deliberately introduced to control numbers in 1954.
That virus wiped out 95pc of Ireland's native rabbit population and, because of repeated outbreaks, has kept rabbit numbers at a fraction of their level in the early 20th Century.
Now, Rabbit Viral Haemorrhagic Disease (VHD) has spread throughout Ireland and is believed to be responsible for a decline in rabbit numbers.
VHD, which is also known as rabbit calicivirus disease, was first confirmed in Ireland in 1992 and is believed to have arrived here via the UK and Europe...
Herald.ie?
Alert over deadly bug attacking rabbits
Ralph Riegel ? 04 November 2013 02:30 PM
IRELAND'S rabbit population is reeling from a deadly virus which is devastating warrens across Munster and Leinster.
Wildlife officials are now assessing Ireland's rabbit population amid fears it is suffering its greatest decline since another virus, Myxomatosis, was deliberately introduced to control numbers in 1954.
That virus wiped out 95pc of Ireland's native rabbit population and, because of repeated outbreaks, has kept rabbit numbers at a fraction of their level in the early 20th Century.
Now, Rabbit Viral Haemorrhagic Disease (VHD) has spread throughout Ireland and is believed to be responsible for a decline in rabbit numbers.
VHD, which is also known as rabbit calicivirus disease, was first confirmed in Ireland in 1992 and is believed to have arrived here via the UK and Europe...