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21-05-2007, 08:25 PM
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| | | Rabbit/hares mixi?
Went to WILTSHIRE/Silbury hill/ avebury stone circle/ uffington and waylands smithy this weekend with my two best buddies and took them on a kind of nature walk...was pleased i got to show them many wildflowers, fools water cress, orange tip/brimstone/holly blue butterflies, Red kites, a very obliging little owl, a green parakeet on the motorway drive from kent,and some HARES....when one of them asked if Hares were affected by mixi like rabbits....and i didnt know? 
So are they?
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21-05-2007, 08:36 PM
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| | | Re: Rabbit/hares mixi?
It can but recorded cases are rare. |
21-05-2007, 08:42 PM
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| | | Re: Rabbit/hares mixi?
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Originally Posted by Dan Salter  Went to WILTSHIRE/Silbury hill/ avebury stone circle/ uffington and waylands smithy this weekend with my two best buddies and took them on a kind of nature walk...was pleased i got to show them many wildflowers, fools water cress, orange tip/brimstone/holly blue butterflies, Red kites, a very obliging little owl, a green parakeet on the motorway drive from kent,and some HARES....when one of them asked if Hares were affected by mixi like rabbits....and i didnt know?
So are they?
Dan |
did you see any mixie rabbits, it seems to be bad around Salisbury plain
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21-05-2007, 09:17 PM
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| | | Re: Rabbit/hares mixi?
Actually no we didnt see many rabbits at all. |
21-05-2007, 10:05 PM
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| | | Re: Rabbit/hares mixi?
I think there have been cases of Hares with myxomatosis reported, but I don't think any have been subjected to viral analysis, and I don't believe the disease has been proven to affect Hares.
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21-05-2007, 11:15 PM
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| | | Re: Rabbit/hares mixi?
I dont believe hares can catch myxi. There is a disease that is killing Hares, and that is EBHS (European Brown Hare Syndrome), i believe its similar to RHD (Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease). I dont think they can catch this from one another either. |
23-05-2007, 01:28 PM
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| | | Re: Rabbit/hares mixi?
Hi... A paper published in 2005 (G. Wibbelt & K. Frölich) states that it is possible for hares to contract myxomatosis if they are in an area where there is a high density of infected rabbits, although I haven't read it myself and don't know what scientific basis it has. Whether any more recent studies using molecular techniques have confirmed this or demonstrated to the contrary, I am not certain. I'll do a spot of trawling later.... | | |
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