ferretingnewbie 66 Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 Does this have mixy? My dog keeps retrieving dead bunny's like this in rape fields. Pretty sure he's not catching and killing them but 1 or 2 every morning Quote Link to post Share on other sites
haymin 2,465 Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 Looks like it 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
grompz 705 Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 mxy the curse of the hunter since the1950s, already started again in areas round me,it will always rear it sad sight on the land some where,pity its just the rabbits that are affected by it,the bstards never got a disease out yet to see the rats off, at least it keeps are terriers and lurchers in work,cruel and evil disease on rabbits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chicken_man 1,651 Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Mixy here too :-( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stealthy1 3,964 Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Kits round here don't seem to get mixy, but your pic just goes to show they can. Sad disease. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sussex 5,801 Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 A government spokesperson has said this will get much worse if we leave the EU .. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neil cooney 10,416 Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 The VHD is IMO worse than the myxy. At least with myxy some of them recovered from it and when it's rampant the foxes and buzzards get fat and leave everything else alone. With VHD the only thing that seems to get fat are the bluebottles you see going in and out of the burrows. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 (edited) The VHD is IMO worse than the myxy. At least with myxy some of them recovered from it and when it's rampant the foxes and buzzards get fat and leave everything else alone. With VHD the only thing that seems to get fat are the bluebottles you see going in and out of the burrows. VDH no doubt decimates rabbits, but it is not as long lived as mixie. I forget the actual amount of time that it is viable on the land but it is under a year. So in theory you could repopulate a year later and the rabbits would not get the disease. With mixie the rabbit fleas could lie dormant in warrens for a number of years then when the first rabbits body heat wakes the flea's up, the cycle begins again. Edited to add: Just checked. Rabbits who survive this disease are carriers and shed the virus for at least 42 days, perhaps longer. Rabbit calicivirus is a very hardy virus, remaining viable in the environment for 105 days at 68F (i.e. remains stable for 105 days at room temperature) and for 225 days at 39F. TC Edited May 23, 2016 by tiercel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chicken_man 1,651 Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 I have a scientific document about VHD which I would like to share, but no idea how to put it on here. It's long,and big words lol ? Atb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deker 3,478 Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 ...anyway, it looks like myxomatosis! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ZeusPolecat 185 Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 Looks like myxoma for sure. Spraffed a big description of all I learnt under this video Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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