Deadly rabbit virus spreading rapidly across southern US

nivek

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Deadly rabbit virus nicknamed 'bunny ebola' spreading rapidly across southern US

A deadly rabbit virus nicknamed "bunny ebola" is spreading across the southwest US, killing thousands of wild and pet rabbits. Outbreaks of the rare and highly contagious virus have been reported in seven states across America's Sun Belt, including Arizona, California and Texas.

The disease, RHDV2, has been referred to as "bunny ebola" by veterinarians because it replicates the severe bleeding and organ failure the ebola virus causes in humans. In many cases the virus is only detected after an animal dies and its nose leaks blood.

The US Department of Agriculture confirmed cases of the RHDV2 in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Texas beginning in April.

It is the fourth time the deadly virus has been found in the US since the first case of RHDV2 was first detected in China around 35 years ago.

However this outbreak represents the first time the virus is known to have spread beyond pet rabbits to wild rabbits, hares and even pikas in North America, prompting concern over how officials can effectively contain it.

"The fact that this is in multiple counties and rabbitries, that's why this is so concerning," Eric Stewart, from the American Rabbit Breeders Association, told the Veterinary Information Network. "And then to hear it's burning through the wild rabbit populations, that, of course, furthers our concerns that much more."

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nivek

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the first case of RHDV2 was first detected in China around 35 years ago.

Yet another virus which came from China...How many viruses have come from China in the last Century?...

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AD1184

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Influenza has been traced as likely originating from China, and many mutated pandemic strains, and strains with pandemic potential (e.g. H5N1, H3N2 and H7N9 avian influenza), have originated from there since. Plus SARS 1 and SARS 2, obviously. Along with the natural tendency of the region to produce dangerous zoonotic viruses, they also have cultural and economic practices that make the species transition to humans a constant threat. MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) is caused by a coronavirus that is very similar to two strains of coronavirus found in bats in Hong Kong. How it ended up in the Middle East is unknown.
 
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nivek

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Its astonishing nothing is done culturally nor economically to prevent this from occurring, but we are dealing with a communist country who's government ideology has little regard for its own people much less the world's population...

I know there are many people who eat wild rabbit in the Southern states and out West, I have eaten wild rabbit before, the last time was about 10 years ago...If someone gets their hands on an infected rabbit this RHDV2 virus could possibly jump to humans...

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nivek

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Thanks again China...

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