Social interactions of juvenile rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and their potential role in lagovirus transmission.

Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease Virus (RHDV), which is a calicivirus, is used as a biocontrol agent to suppress European wild rabbit populations in Australia. The transmission of RHDV can be influenced by social interactions of rabbits; however, there is a paucity of this knowledge about juvenile rabbit...

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Published in:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: Emma Sawyers, Tarnya E Cox, Peter J S Fleming, Luke K P Leung, Stephen Morris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271272