Other Animal Disease -- New Zealand
An initial release of the RHDV1 (K5) rabbit virus on 3 sites in Southland will be made from next week [2-7 April 2018], if the weather permits.
Environment Southland senior biosecurity officer Dave Burgess said rabbits were less of an issue in Southland than in other areas of New Zealand, which was why a smaller scale release was planned, but further releases could be made later.
K5 is a virus that could reduce the rabbit population significantly. It is a variant of a virus already
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5725733&promed&0
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