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If you have pet rabbits and you haven’t heard of RHDV2 then it’s essential you keep reading. Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease Viral Type Two – or RHDV2 for short – is an extremely nasty infectious disease that has few symptoms and is fatal.
With outbreaks reported all over South Africa, it poses a significant threat to our rabbit population. That’s why it’s absolutely vital that all pet rabbit owners across South Africa – whether they have outdoor rabbits or house bunnies – must act now to protect their pets and prevent the spread of the disease.
South Africa have reported 218 outbreaks of rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHDV2) to the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH). The outbreak was first reported in November 2022 and has since spread to five provinces.
There have been 165 outbreaks reported in the Northern Cape, 41 outbreaks in the Western Cape, six in the Free State, five in the Eastern Cape and an outbreak was c.. [More]
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