Mixy , Now .!!

[bird 10,014]

on me dog walk yesterday with my 2 dogs, norm about now the cover really getting high bracken etc , the dogs are having good mooch about, in the cover the dogs love it , scenting or chasing the odd rabbits that been in there , never see much as the cover to thick, but its good crack, Buck made me laugh few times ploughing through the cover like a nutter lol . Well they both been away about 6-7 mins , then Bryn shows 1st as norm , he only does what he wants to, more so now he nearly 10 year old, but he always been the same really ,not as full on as Buck. Got to end field , then on to another field thats used by more dog walkers , carried on walking with Bryn, when Buck came into the field then , he had rabbit in his mouth, i called him to me and put it on the floor by my feet, it was full of mixy , its a terrible disease really is. There's not many rabbits by me , so be even less now .!

[Saltmoon 2,208]

Bloody shame that is mixy shamed the rabbit population down near me there uses to be a good amount round but then few years back they started to disappear only latey I've started to see a few more about but it seems to be a cycle they come back and get good numbers then they go and so on just takes years for there number to get good and half that time to all but get wiped out again

[neil cooney 10,416]

I could live with myxi as I'd know come Autumn there'd still be plenty to take a few, but, this VHD has shocked me how much harm it's done.

[Penda 3,367]

I went past my permission today looked at the one spot that normally has the odd mixy about and they all look well I left them alone last season due to not enough on the ground good to see them coming back

[The one 8,592]

Hopeful no get it here but if i do im going to try the pups out on them

[grompz 706]

had a terrible season last year due to mxy and vhd, my permissions were completly without rabbits, dogs didnt get much running,there are a few rabbits starting to creep back now,hoping diseases stay away, but i fear it will be along time before numbers start to come back if ever, but hey the humble rabbit is aborn survivor even if the odds are stacked high against them, hoping for agood breeding summer.

[poxon 5,944]

I can live with a little mixi but vhd as hit toward the end of the hunting season down my way it was like Barron land hard pushed to get enough runs on rabbits for my bitch I stopped a month earlier than normal but even now I've only seen a few young rabbits about no were near normal numbers I've a feeling going to be snooping about for new land to get on this coming season

[cantona 310]

Mixi on fields behind me already, gutted as there are loads about again at the moment

[keepdiggin 9,565]

My American bulldog caught on in cover about a month ago

[Gilbey 1,500]

Loads of rabbits about at the minute breeding like the clappers, haven't seen any mixy, keep seeing coloured young

[Saltmoon 2,208]

Myxomatosis

 

Myxomatosis is caused by the myxoma virus, a type of pox virus that only affects rabbits. It was first discovered in 1896 in Uruguay and was imported to Australia in 1951 to control its large rabbit populations - initially having the desired devastating effect. The disease was illegally introduced to France in 1952 and it appeared in Britain the following year. It quickly spread to both wild and domestic rabbit populations and within a few years had spread throughout Europe. Myxomatosis has been a threat to wild and domestic rabbits ever since.

 

Who is at risk?

 

All rabbits, whether wild or domestic are at risk of myxomatosis.

 

How is it spread?

 

Myxomatosis is typically spread by blood sucking insects and in particular the rabbit flea, Spilopsyllus cuniculi. This flea is frequently found on wild rabbits and transmission in the absence of bites is unusual. All breeds of domestic rabbit can be affected, with little to suggest that one breed is more susceptible than another, and whatever the lifestyle of your rabbit there is a potential risk of this disease.

 

So I'm guessing the more mixi that we get the less it can spread providing things like fleas hasn't moved on already