Resumen de Rabbit health: detection of RHDV variant 2 in domestic rabbits in Azores

Margarida Duarte, Margarida Henriques, Carlos Barros Santos, Teresa Fagulha, Fernanda Ramos, Tiago Luís, Miguel Fevereiro, Carina Varvalho, Sandra Benevides, Lídia Flor, Sílvia Vanessa Barros, Susana Bernardo

• FOLLOWING on from our letter published earlier this year (VR, January 31, 2015, vol 176, p 130), which reported the detection of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus variant 2 (RHDV-2) in wild rabbits from four islands of the western and central group of the Azorean archipelago, we would like to communicate the diagnosis of RHDV-2 in domestic rabbits from Terceira Island.

  Two adult rabbits were diagnosed with RHDV-2 (Duarte and others 2015). They originated from the localities of Quatro-Ribeiras and São Bento, located on the north and south coasts of Terceira Island. The deaths …