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An Outbreak of Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease in British Columbia, Canada
Chelsea G Himsworth1,2,3, Doris Leung1, Kaylee Byers2,3
1Animal Health Centre, British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Fisheries, 1767 Angus Campbell Road, Abbotsford, British Columbia V3G 2M3, Canada.
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
|September 13, 2021
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From 2018 to 2019, an outbreak of rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2 occurred in British Columbia, Canada, in feral and domestic European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Anthropogenic translocation of infected animals is suspected to have played a role in the introduction and spread of the virus.
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