Typing of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus from New Zealand wild rabbits
- 1 February 1998
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Taylor & Francis in New Zealand Veterinary Journal
- Vol. 46 (1), 42-43
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00480169.1998.36053
Abstract
Extract Following the outbreak of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV), commonly called rabbit calicivims disease (RCD) in Australasia, in Central Otago in August 1997, the virus has been spread throughout the South Island and lower North Island (Thompson and Clark, 1997 Thompson, J and Clark, G . 1997. Rabbit calicivirus disease now established in New Zealand. Surveillance, 24: 5–6. [Google Scholar] ). It is widely assumed that it has been introduced from Australia but there has been no evidence to confirm this. We have used molecular methods to determine the phylogeny of the New Zealand strain of RHDV and have been able to confirm that it is most closely related to the Czech V351 strain present in Australia.Keywords
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