Untersuchung zum Vorkommen der Rabbit Viral Haemorrhagic Disease oder serologisch verwandter Infektionserreger in der Hasen- und Wildkaninchenpopulation von Niedersachsen

Maeß, J.; Ryll, V.; Keyserlingk, Michael von; Wenk, L.; Pohlmeyer, K

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“…These studies show that during the first epizootic, mortality rates were generally high, 55–90%. As has been the case for myxomatosis, most European populations have developed anti‐RVHD antibodies, which suggests that they are at least partially protected against this disease (Maess et al . 1991; Trout et al .…”

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Absence of a genetic bottleneck in a wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) population exposed to a severe viral epizootic

Queney

Ferrand²,

Marchandeau

et al. 2000

Molecular Ecology

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Infectious diseases and their demographic consequences are thought to influence the genetic diversity of populations. In Europe, during the last 50 years, the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) has suffered two important viral epizootics: myxomatosis and rabbit viral haemorraghic disease (RVHD). Although mortality rates were very high, the impact of these diseases on genetic diversity has never been assessed directly. The subject of this paper is a wild rabbit population in France, which has been studied since the beginning of the 1980s. The first outbreak of RVHD occurred in 1995 and provoked a demographic crash. The population, sampled for the first time in 1982 and 1994, was sampled again at the end of 1996 to examine the impact of the epizootic on genetic diversity. In spite of the observed high mortality rate ( approximately 90%), analysis of 14 polymorphic loci (allozymes and microsatellites) showed no loss in genetic diversity after the epizootic. Determination of temporal changes in allele frequencies indicated that the population evolved under genetic drift. The temporal method of Waples demonstrated a significant decrease in the effective population size (Ne) correlated with the demographic crash due to the epizootic. However, the population had only been studied for two generations after the epizootic and the remnant population size probably stayed high enough ( approximately 50 individuals) to keep its genetic diversity at the precrash level. These results suggest that, contrary to what is usually thought and in spite of the subsequent high mortality rates, past epizootics (especially myxomatosis) may have had little effect on the genetic diversity of wild rabbit populations in Europe.

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Absence of a genetic bottleneck in a wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) population exposed to a severe viral epizootic

Queney

Ferrand²,

Marchandeau

et al. 2000

Molecular Ecology

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“…In this study the failure of UK EBHSV to haemagglutinate and the inability of either virus to react with heterologous serum by IEM indicates a distinct difference in surface antigens. Most other isolates of EBHS have also been reported to give negative HA reactions, although this may not always be the case [1,3,12].…”

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European brown hare syndrome in the U.K.; a calicivirus related to but distinct from that of viral haemorrhagic disease in rabbits

Chasey

Lucas

Westcott

et al. 1992

Archives of Virology

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The virus recovered from cases of European brown hare syndrome in the U.K. contains one major capsid protein of approximately 60 k molecular weight and morphologically resembles known caliciviruses. It has been compared with a European isolate of rabbit haemorrhagic disease calicivirus and, although it shows some antigenic similarity, it is not identical. In transmission and protection studies the virus from U.K. hares failed to produce disease in rabbits and did not effectively protect against subsequent challenge with the rabbit calicivirus.

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“…A non‐virulent calicivirus related to RHD virus ( RHDV ), which induces the production of antibodies to RHD , has been characterised in Italy (Capucci and others 1996). It is there‐fore likely that the seroprevalence of ‘ RHDV ' antibodies recorded in Europe is due to both RHDV and RHDV ‐like viruses (von Maess and others 1991, Trout and others 1997, Marchandeau and others 1998b).…”

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Possible interaction between myxomatosis and calicivirosis related to rabbit haemorrhagic disease affecting the European rabbit

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Serological data on myxoma virus, rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD) virus and RHD-like viruses in juvenile rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) trapped in 1995, 1996 and 1997 in two areas of France were analysed. For each disease, the effects of bodyweight, year, month and seropositivity for the other disease were modelled by using logistic regressions. In one area, a model including RHD seropositivity was selected to explain the myxoma virus seropositivity. Models including myxoma virus seropositivity were selected to explain the RHD seropositivity in both areas, and the odds of a rabbit being seropositive to both viruses were 5.1 and 8.4 times higher than the odds of a rabbit being seronegative to myxoma virus and seropositive to RHD. The year and bodyweight had significant effects for myxomatosis in one area and for RHD in both areas.

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Untersuchung zum Vorkommen der Rabbit Viral Haemorrhagic Disease oder serologisch verwandter Infektionserreger in der Hasen- und Wildkaninchenpopulation von Niedersachsen

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Absence of a genetic bottleneck in a wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) population exposed to a severe viral epizootic

Absence of a genetic bottleneck in a wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) population exposed to a severe viral epizootic

European brown hare syndrome in the U.K.; a calicivirus related to but distinct from that of viral haemorrhagic disease in rabbits

Possible interaction between myxomatosis and calicivirosis related to rabbit haemorrhagic disease affecting the European rabbit

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