Does a benign calicivirus reduce the effectiveness of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) in Australia? Experimental evidence from field releases of RHDV on bait

Wildlife Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 311-319

  Mutze, Greg ^a   Sinclair, Ron ^a   Peacock, David ^a   Kovaliski, John ^a   Capucci, Lorenzo ^b  

^a Natural Resources Management Biosecurity Unit   (Australia)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

benign calicivirus; biological control; ELISA; epidemiology; genetic sequencing; mark recapture; myxomatosis; protective antibody; RHDV; survival

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTIBODY; BAIT; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; LAGOMORPH; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; VIRAL DISEASE;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CALICIVIRIDAE; LAGOVIRUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RABBIT HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS;

EID: 77954230437     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR09162     Document Type: Article

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