Nervous rabbit owners beg for effective calicivirus vaccine in Australia
Rabbit breeder Gretel Whitting has recently suffered the loss of three beloved pets from a strain of calicivirus.
Key points: Rabbit breeders in Tasmania are concerned about recent outbreaks of calicivirus strain RHDV-2 One breeder lost nine rabbits in three months and said she would not breed again until there was a vaccine There is no RHDV-2 vaccine in Australia as the one available is not approved by authorities "It's devastating," she said.
"The virus is almost impossible to stop, it's highly contagious.
"It's as bad as coronavirus, it's extremely transmissible and fatal."
Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV), previously known as rabbit calicivirus, is now spreading in areas of Tasmania in the form of a strain known as RHDV-2.
