The rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus RHDV1-K5 reduced rabbit numbers on some sites by about one third, but failed to spread further — and scientists say an exotic rogue virus is largely to blame.
It's official: the rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus released two years ago reduced rabbit numbers on some sites by about one third, but failed to spread further.
Project leader Tarnya Cox said with an average of 36 per cent localised knockdown, the virus known as K5 had operated as a biocide.
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