AL BUNDY 45 Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 JUST READ THAT DUE TO BAD TIMING OF INTRODUCING RHD IN NEW ZEALAND THE 2WEEK OLD YOUNG WERE IMMUNE AND THE NUMBERS ARE ALMOST BACK TO WHAT IT WAS. Quote Link to post
stubby 175 Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 say again Quote Link to post
Kay 3,709 Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 say again I believe its a virus rabbits get but i see what you mean Quote Link to post
devvo 0 Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 New Zealand In July 1997, after considering over 800 public submissions, the New Zealand Ministry of Health decided not to allow RHDV to be imported into New Zealand to control rabbit populations. This was backed up in an early August review of the decision by the Director-General of Agriculture. By late August, it was confirmed that RHDV had been deliberately introduced to the Cromwell area of the South Island. An unsuccessful attempt was made by New Zealand officials to control the spread of the disease. It was, however, being intentionally spread, and several farmers (notably in the Mackenzie Basin area) admitted to processing rabbits that had died from the disease in kitchen blenders for further spreading. Had the disease been introduced at a better time, there would have been a more effective control of the population. Unfortunately, it was released after breeding had commenced for the season, and rabbits under 2 weeks old at the time of the introduction were immune to the disease. These young rabbits were therefore able to continue to grow and breed back up. Ten years on, now rabbit populations (in the Mackenzie Basin in particular) are beginning again to reach near plague proportions, though have still not quite returned to pre RCD levels. 1997 :| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_haemor...c_disease_virus Quote Link to post
ferretville 69 Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 My mates older brother is a game keeper for a large estate and i was talking to him 3 weeks ago about rhd. He was telling me that they used too shoot between 10,000 and 17,000 rabbits a year on the estate untill 6 years ago they introduced rhd. Now he says they are lucky if they shoot 2,000 the rhd just wipe`s them out hits them alot quiker than myxi. No good for me or my mate for ferriting though no bloody rabbits left Quote Link to post
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