Comment se transmet la myxomatose ?
Comment se transmet la myxomatose ?
Elle se transmet essentiellement par piqûre de moustique ou de puces. Cependant, la transmission du virus peut se faire au contact d'animaux infectés ou d'objets contaminés. La myxomatose ne peut pas se transmettre aux autres animaux ni aux humains.
Est-ce que les moustiques sont dangereux pour les lapins ?
Les moustiques la Myxomatose. La Myxomatose est cette terrible maladie virale qui décime les populations de lapins sauvages et domestiques certaines années, plutôt en été, à cause des moustiques et des puces qui transmettent son virus.
What is myxomatosis and how dangerous is it?
- Myxomatosis is a severe, usually fatal, viral disease. In some countries, it has been used as a way of reducing the number of wild rabbits.
What do I do if my rabbit has myxomatosis?
- Members are required to report outbreaks of the disease according to the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code. The virus only affects rabbits and poses no public health risk. What is myxomatosis? Myxomatosis is an important disease of rabbits caused by a poxvirus called the Myxoma virus (MV).
Why was myxomatosis introduced to Australia?
- Myxomatosis was also deliberately introduced into Australia in 1950 in an effort to control the population of rabbits, a non-native species whose numbers exploded so as to threaten native mammals. It has never been reported in Asia, southern Africa, or New Zealand.
Where is myxoma virus found in the wild?
- The clinical appearance of infected rabbits has created controversy over this use. However, the disease is now firmly established in the wild rabbit populations of Europe and Australia. New Zealand has not permitted the introduction of Myxoma virus.
