0 an infectious disease of rabbits that usually kills them
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.
