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VHD in Dunfermline area

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nicole

Mama Doe
Was just on fife rabbit rescue web site and Kareen has just posted this yesterday.

So make sure everyone in the area has their rabbits vaccinated.
 
How do domestic rabbits catch VHD, I'm presuming it's from wild bunnies, but how exactly do they get it?
 
VHD is spread by contact and doesn't need to be from rabbit to rabbit - it can exist about 3 months without a host. So you could get it on your boots walking in a field then walk around your house and pass it to your bunnies. Or from handling an infected rabbit then your own. Really from anything that could have come into contact.

Tam
 
Does anyone here know if there have been any cases of VHD in Norwich? I know the wild buns round here sometimes get myxi. :?
 
Isn't the general thinking to get all rabbits vaxed for VHD since an infected rabbit can die quite suddenly with few or no symptoms? Therefore you don't get any warning and there's nothing you can do.
 
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