The control of feral rabbit numbers has been relatively successful since the early, accidental release of Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease Virus – otherwise known as calicivirus – in the mid ’90s.
This article from “The Land” online reports on the proposed introduction of a new European strain of calici in the near future.
Marcus O’Dean
Editor
http://theland.farmonline.com.au/news/state/livestock/news/rabbit-wars-scientists-place-hope-in-new-strain/1715366.aspx?storypage=1
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