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Myxi
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blaisey
Mama Doe
Thats awful but thanks for letting us know.
Her vaccination should ease it a bit for her, fingers crossed for her
judest
Young Bun
However I google search on Myxi picked up a couple of newspaper articles - The Mail and The Times around 24th September this year with the headlines 300% rise in Myxi cases reported to VETS. Whether this is down to the weather conditions over the summer/autumn or as my VET said the conditions for the lifecycle of the insects don't know but I think Myxi cases are up all over the country.
Will try and find the articles if I can.
judest
Young Bun
Rabbit owners were yesterday warned to vaccinate their pets after vets reported a huge rise in deaths from myxomatosis.
The number of domestic rabbits infected with the lethal virus has gone up threefold in a year.
The veterinary charity PDSA has reported dramatic increases in incidence of myxomatosis in three of its PetAid hospitals in Humberside, the West Midlands and the South-East.
Since September last year, PDSA's PetAid hospital in Hull dealt with 30 cases of myxomatosis, after handling only eight the year before.
In Romford, the charity saw a leap from 12 cases of the disease in 2006/07 to 43 in the last 12 months.
judest
Young Bun
Ms Brown said that myxomatosis often flares up at the end of the summer and could linger until November. “This year the humid weather has created ideal conditions for the spread of biting insects such as mosquitoes and fleas that carry the disease,” she said.
“These insects thrive in the warm wet weather and there are also lots of stagnant waters around that are the breeding grounds for these populations.”
Mark Johnston, spokesman for the British Small Animals Veterinary Association, who practises in East Sussex, said that he had heard of widespread reports that the disease was back with a vengeance. He said that most outbreaks were episodic and tended to be extremely localised. He urged owners to vaccinate their pet rabbits every six months.
