Voorbeelden van myxomatosis

• The serology and age structure of rabbit populations on sites suggested that some rabbit populations can escape an annual myxomatosis epizootic.

• Rabbits were examined for lesions indicative of active myxomatosis.

• Rabbits infected with viruses from the third group generally did not show serious clinical signs of disease and only one rabbit died of myxomatosis.

• Rather than eradicating the comparatively few survivors of myxomatosis, a rabbit population was allowed to reestablish itself.

• This has implications for the reliability of surveys that rely on anecdotal reports of the prevalence of clinical myxomatosis.

• The initial spread of the virus to non-inoculated rabbits was first indicated by the appearance of myxomatosis in noninoculated rabbits living in the release warrens.

• In each group there were rabbits that did not show any clinical signs of myxomatosis.

• Eight of ten rabbits in this group developed clinical signs of myxomatosis and these developed high levels of antibody by day 18.