Species: Rabbit

The rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is a member of the Lagomorpha and is not, therefore, a rodent. Rabbits are typically grey-brown but can also have sandy or black coats. They live in holes in the ground where they spend most of the day, coming above ground in the dusk and early evening.

More information about the rabbit can be found (in Dutch) on the website of the Dutch native mammal research and protection organisation (Zoogdiervereniging).

Disease general

• Encephalitozoon
• Hepatitis E
• Viral hemorrhagic disease (VHD) RHD

Research results

• European polecat kills rabbit, then dies of injuries inflicted by the rabbit (12/01/2023)
• Rabbit mortality caused by RHDV-2 continues in 2019 (18/09/2019)
• Rabbit hemorrhagic disease type-2 still present (19/09/2017)
• Deadly rabbit disease throughout the Netherlands (18/08/2016)
• New variant of rabbit virus also found in wild rabbits (08/01/2016)
• Why does VHD (RHD) pose such a risk to wild rabbits? (16/12/2015)

General news

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Publications

• Confirmation and phylogenetic analysis of rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus in free-living rabbits from the Netherlands. van de Bildt MW, van Bolhuis GH, van Zijderveld F, van Riel D, Drees JM, Osterhaus AD & Kuiken T. (2006).  Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2006, 42(4):808-12. Link to abstract.