Please keep your rabbits' vaccinations up to date

[RWAF]

We're receiving alerts from across the UK about serious outbreaks of Myxomatosis and also a possible concentration of VHD cases in the West Country. The wet summer we've had has provided ideal breeding conditions for mosquitoes and other biting insects which can spread disease from infected rabbits to healthy ones.

The only way to be sure you've protected your rabbits is to vaccinate. The new combined vaccine is more widely available now and is a once a year way to give yourself peace of mind. It also offers better protection against mxyi so please ask your vet for it. We did cover this in more detail earlier this year and in a recent Rabbiting On magazine.

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The trick is to vaccinate.

 

[Imbrium]

they only need vaccinations in the UK, right? nothing in the US? (that's what I've heard anyway, just wanted to double-check)

 

[RWAF]

That's right. Although both diseases do exist in the US, the vaccination isn't available there.

The diseases aren't spread via your native Cottontail nor Jack Rabbit populations, but in areas where European rabbits are living wild, there are pockets of infection.