Is Myxomatosis Prevelent in the USA

I am reading a thread on a US based Forum and it sounds like the poor Bun has Myxo BUT has just been treated with Penicillin as Vet thinks its Treponamatosis (Rabbit Syphyllis) Bun is getting WORSE but I dont know if Myxo is a problem in the US?

Janex

Anyone!! :?

Janex

AFAIK it exists there but not to the extent it does here. I'd have thought the symptoms different enough to tell the difference :?

Tamsin said:

AFAIK it exists there but not to the extent it does here. I'd have thought the symptoms different enough to tell the difference :?

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Thanks Tamsin. It really does sound like Myxo but no-one else has mentioned it :? :?

Janex

It's generally pretty rare, although it does exist in some of the wild rabbit populations on the West Coast. Considering how much time I've spent on US rabbit forums, including Etherbun, and it hasn't come up yet except for a bit of paranoia...

We also have the rare case of VHD. There was an outbreak last year, and hundreds of rabbits at a mill-type farm had to be put down to contain it.