Anyone know the indications of viral heamorrage disease in wild rabbits?
I have suspected it's presence locally for some years.
Rabbits have been very scarce,not due to Myxomatotis which results in bodies everywhere.
However my belief is, with RHD/VHD rabbits tend to die out of sight in their warrens,the lack of bodies being one of the indications of the disease.
After several years of low rabbit numbers ,I was just begining to see signs of a recovery this Spring,when suddenly I am finding numerous dead rabbits,none with mixy symptoms.
Is this RHD?
If so it obviously does not always result in them dying in their burrows.