Happy Hopping said:
There are some bacteria that UK rabbit can be infected but not around elsewhere. Myxi for instance, comes to my mind. So I don't know if Germany have these bacteria, but there are injection needed for the rabbits once you landed.
Myxamatosis is caused by a virus not a bacteria.
Originally, myxomatosis was imported from Brazil (where it was first discovered in the 1930's) to Australia in 1950. This was to control the massive populations of rabbits that sub-continent. In Brazil, the Cotton Tailed rabbit (Sylvilagus) is affected by the disease to a minor degree as only tiny lumps are produced by this self limiting disease. However, in Australia the disease was devastating and markedly reduced the rabbit population. The disease was transmitted from Australia by a French Physician, Dr A Delille, who wished to control the rabbit population on his country estate near Paris. The disease rapidly spread into the wild population in France and then was brought, entirely by accident, from France in 1953. There is no evidence that the disease was intentionally brought into Britain but there is no doubt that some farmers moved the disease around using diseased rabbits to control the population of the rabbits locally. It is therfore widespread over Europe and not just confined to the UK.
VHD is enzootic in the People's Republic of China, Korea, most of continental Europe, Morocco, Cuba, Australia, and New Zealand. In Europe, the disease is also epizootic in the wild rabbit population with more cases occurring in the fall. An outbreak occurred in the Mexico City area in December 1988. In February 1989, the Mexican government began a control and eradication program to eliminate the disease using test and slaughter methods. The campaign was successful; there were few reported cases in 1990 and none in 1992. Mexico is the first country to succeed in eradicating this disease.
Both the rabbit diseased which are found in the UK which it is highly recommended to vaccinate against are all prevelent on main land Europe.
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