You can keep your rabbits safe from Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease. Anza Valley Outlook/Courtesy photo
The California Department of Food and Agriculture is warning rabbit owners to be vigilant against a very contagious, fatal illness called Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease.According to the CDFA, RHD, a calicivirus, is a foreign animal disease with potentially devastating effects on the health of domestic and wild rabbit populations. Because of its potential impact on the food supply in some states and countries, it is a disease that triggers state, federal and international regulatory action.Unfortunately, this illness has already spread to many U.S. states and has been documented in both wild and domestic rabbits, making regulatory disease control rather than eradication strategies more likely if diagnosed in a specific area. Disease control strategies include colony quarantines to reduc
