RHD Virus in Jefferson County, PA

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- 12/12/2018 at 6:57 PM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  Sorry, I can’t get it to link
  
  https://www.farmanddairy.com/news/r…27774.html
  
  [edit by JG to add clicky]
  
  http://www.farmanddairy.com/news/rare-rabbit-disease-confirmed-in-western-pennsylvania/527774.html
- 12/12/2018 at 8:42 PM
  Bunny House
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  maybe they’ll consider bringing in vaccines. How would have pet bunnies gotten it? It didn’t say if they were indoors but if they were, that’s even scarier
- 12/12/2018 at 9:43 PM
  jerseygirl
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- 12/13/2018 at 9:00 AM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  BunnyHouse- It’s super contagious. It can be spread by human or animal feet, birds, bugs, even tires. That’s what makes it such a scary virus.
- 12/13/2018 at 2:24 PM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  Now 40 confirmed dead.
  
  http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/w…Rf3ijnxXpA
- 12/13/2018 at 2:31 PM
  Asriel and Bombur
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  This is not too far from Boston. I know PA is a ways away from MA, but it’s still too close for comfort. Getting me worried about my monsters.
- 12/13/2018 at 3:16 PM
  Bunny House
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  Oh my gosh…. I’m in Texas but still it’s too close to us. I hope the vets push for vaccines
- 12/13/2018 at 3:38 PM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  It’s hard for anyone not to be scared. It’s so contagious. I’m fearful of hay/veggie contamination, though during the last outbreak I messaged Oxbow and they said it would be extremely unlikely for that to happen with hay. But still…..
- 12/13/2018 at 3:49 PM
  Wick & Fable
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  Ah! Now is not a good time to go to PA to visit family for the holidays with Wick…. it’s about three hours away from Jefferson County.
  
  What are some of your thoughts? I’d be over in PA for multiple days for family holiday celebrations which are exclusively indoors.
  
  The answers provided in this discussion are for general guideline purposes only. The information is not intended to diagnose or treat your pet. Seek the advice of your veterinarian or a qualified behaviorist.
- 12/13/2018 at 5:14 PM
  DanaNM
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  This is so scary
  
  The report regarding the 40 deaths says the rabbits were housed in pens in a barn. It also said no new rabbits had been introduced in over a year…
  
  . . . The answers provided in this discussion are for general guideline purposes only. The information is not intended to diagnose or treat your pet. Seek the advice of your veterinarian or a qualified behaviorist.
- 12/13/2018 at 5:54 PM
  Bunny House
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  So it would have to be tracked by human or some other animal into the barn into their pen. Too bad those poor things lived outside and had to suffer like that
- 12/13/2018 at 6:00 PM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  As much as I’m sure you’d love to spend Holidays with Wick. I wouldn’t bring him. Seems too risky to me.
  
  It’s so very sad to think of those poor bunnies.
- 12/13/2018 at 7:02 PM
  Bunny House
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  I agree, even if everyone washed their hands and took off their shoes in the house, they could have still come into contact with the virus and brought it inside and it would be too late.
  
  I wonder if vets are starting new protocols when they see animals in clinics where buns go too since dogs and cats could have the virus on their feet and then track it inside and then a bun comes into contact with it
- 12/21/2018 at 9:03 AM
  Q8bunny
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  I hate the government bean counters who refuse to cough up for a vaccine license. IT’S NOT JUST A RABBIT!!! ?
- 12/22/2018 at 9:17 AM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  I know….and it’s double frustrating because this is man made!!!!!! So infuriating….. This would never happen with cats or dogs.
- 12/22/2018 at 10:37 AM
  Q8bunny
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  Right?! ?
- 12/25/2018 at 10:11 AM
  TattyBoo
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  Hi,
  I’m new to the forum. Have just got my first rabbits. I’m from the uk and was advised by a uk forum to get vaccines done as soon as possible. Most vets do them here but they don’t advertise we have them done or mention it unless we ask. Do you not yet have vaccines for the vhd 2.
- 12/25/2018 at 1:20 PM
  DanaNM
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  The vaccines are not available yet in the USA. And yes, it’s common practice to vaccinate in the UK. Hopefully we get them soon in the US!
  
  . . . The answers provided in this discussion are for general guideline purposes only. The information is not intended to diagnose or treat your pet. Seek the advice of your veterinarian or a qualified behaviorist.
- 12/25/2018 at 8:51 PM
  Muj Mom N Bun
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  PA is too close for comfort to my regular little Lower Hudson Valley New York home….
  We really are not that close but not all that far away…. makes me want to scream and cry at the same time. We should have the right to protect our beloved little ones… if there is a Legal Professional Doctor who can be allowed to charge us at least three times the average cost to treat a rabbit than to treat a dog or cat, simply because they call them “Exotic Pets”, then we should legally be given access to the vaccines to keep our “pets” , not livestock, healthy…
- 12/26/2018 at 8:39 AM
  Q8bunny
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  Hear, hear, MMB!
- 12/26/2018 at 12:59 PM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  Well, said.
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