Thread: Rabbit virus breakout?

Originally Posted by zimmer

Last time I examined a rabbit with the virus was in Oz but it had Mxyo. It's eyes were all gummed up and otherwise close to death.
Don't know what symtoms rabbits here show though.
And as pointed out the rabbits here also seasonaly die off before appearing in great numbers again.
The peak of them dying off is usually a bit earlier than now though.

These all look healthy enough from the outside, even with “seasonally dying off” would you expect to see them in such large numbers and not overly old? I didn’t know rabbits died off seasonally.

Originally Posted by Chelsea

These all look healthy enough from the outside, even with “seasonally dying off” would you expect to see them in such large numbers and not overly old? I didn’t know rabbits died off seasonally.

Have a look at the livers, white patches are definitive for RCD if most rabbits have them.
The RCD virus spreads on the wind. It seems less effective in cold dry areas like the Mckenzie Basin.