Other Animal Disease -- United States
Rabbit hemorrhagic disease, previously found in domestic rabbits at a private Utah farm, has now been found in wild rabbit populations in the state.
Not related to the COVID-19 virus that infects humans, the disease is highly contagious and causes rapid rabbit death, killing one to five days after exposure according to Utah's Division of Wildlife Resources [DWR]. Officials there want Utahn's to contact them if they see multiple dead wild rabbits in an area. The DWR's website contact page
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?7606492&promed&0
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