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Rabbit plague in New Zealand: ‘It’s as bad as it’s ever been’
- gnat 5y agoNew Zealand's biggest intentional biosecurity breach was in 1997, when Central Otago farmers imported the Rabbit Calicivirus (RCV) from Europe. The population dipped briefly, then returned as the naturally RCV-immune rabbits bred and replaced the dead RCV-susceptible rabbits. (It's believed that when young rabbits are exposed to the virus, they become immune -- so the virus killed older rabbits but the next generation took their place) <https://www.nzvna.org.nz/site/nzvna/files/articles/What%20is%20Rabbit%20Calicivirus.pdf https://www.nzvna.org.nz/site/nzvna/files/articles/What%20is...>