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Australia's war against rabbits : the story of rabbit haemorrhagic disease / Brian Douglas Cooke.

Australia's war against rabbits : the story of rabbit haemorrhagic disease / Brian Douglas Cooke.
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ISBN 9780643096127
Author Cooke, Brian (Brian D.) (author.)
Title Australia's war against rabbits : the story of rabbit haemorrhagic disease / Brian Douglas Cooke.
Publisher and/or associated date/s Collingwood, VIC : CSIRO Publishing, 2014.
©2014
Description x, 222 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary The management of wild rabbits is a vexing problem worldwide. In countries such as Australia and New Zealand, wild rabbits are regarded as serious pests to agriculture and the environment, while in many European countries they are considered an important hunting resource, and are a cornerstone species in Mediterranean ecosystems, modifying habitats and supporting important predator populations such as the Iberian lynx. The introduction of two viral diseases, myxomatosis and rabbit haemorrhagic disease, as biological control agents in Australia has been met favourably, yet their spread in southern Europe threatens natural rabbit populations. Despite this, scientists with very different goals still work together with a common interest in understanding rabbit biology and epidemiology. Australia's War Against Rabbits uses rabbit haemorrhagic disease as an important case study in understanding how animal populations adapt to diseases, caused in this case by an RNA virus.
Subjects Hemorrhagic diseases
Rabbits -- Biological control -- Australia
Rabbits -- Control -- Australia
Hemorrhagic diseases -- Susceptibility
Rabbits -- Diseases
Call number 632.6932 COO
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