Letter - Could the new rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus variant (RHDVb) be fully replacing classical RHD strains in the Iberian Peninsula?

Carlos Calvete

Spain

Agrifood Research and Technology Centre of Aragon (CITA). Animal Health Department. Avda. Montañana, 930. C.P. 50059. Zaragoza, Spain

Animal Health Department. Researcher.

Pilar Sarto

Agrifood Research and Technology Centre of Aragon (CITA). Animal Health Department. Avda. Montañana, 930. C.P. 50059. Zaragoza, Spain

Animal Production Department. Technician.

Antonio J Calvo

TRAGSATEC, Animal Health Department. Julián Camarillo 6 B, C.P. 28037. Madrid, Spain.

Fernando Monroy

TRAGSATEC, Animal Health Department. Julián Camarillo 6 B, C.P. 28037. Madrid, Spain.

Jorge H Calvo

ARAID. María de Luna, 11, C.P. 50018. Zaragoza, Spain. Agrifood Research and Technology Centre of Aragon (CITA). Animal Health Department. Avda. Montañana, 930. C.P. 50059. Zaragoza, Spain

Animal Production Department. Researcher

Submitted: 2013-09-24

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Accepted: 2013-10-21

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Published: 2014-03-28

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4995/wrs.2014.1715
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Keywords:

Rabbit haemorrhagic disease, RHD, wild rabbits

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This research was not funded

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Calvete C., Calvo J.H., Sarto P. 2013. Detection of a new variant of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus in wild rabbits in Spain. World Rabbit Sci., 21: 52-53. doi:10.4995/wrs.2013.1100

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