Myxomatosis

[thunder]

Originally Posted by Ladywell

Sorry Henrya - but what do you think DEFRA would do - cos they don't do much about anything??

d

They do veterinary investigations. Do I detect a touch of cynicism?

henrya

[Dogghound]

Originally Posted by Ladywell

Sorry Henrya - but what do you think DEFRA would do - cos they don't do much about anything??










d

Either them or more likely FERA would analyse the body, at a cost perhaps. Brown hare's are a BAP species so it could be important to follow up.

[Burko]

Didn't see any whilst out ferreting last season, but I did see one whilst out on a walk.

[Brocakat]

I beleive that fleas can llive without a meal in an empty property for several months , surviving until it becomes lived in again.
Surely the same thing can happen in an abandoned burrow ?

[Dogghound]

Originally Posted by Brocakat

I beleive that fleas can llive without a meal in an empty property for several months , surviving until it becomes lived in again.
Surely the same thing can happen in an abandoned burrow ?

But the virus does not live that long inside the flea.

[Ladywell]

I thought fleas could survive for much longer than a few months without 'a meal' but didn't realise that the virus couldn't survive in a flea in a torpid state.