Important Note from the Ministry of Agriculture.
MAF has made this space on its website available as a public service. It contains information produced by the Rabbit Biocontrol Advisory Group in mid 1996. The views expressed in these documents are not necessarily those of MAF, nor should they be taken as any pre-judgement of any future decisions. See disclaimer and MAF Press Releases related to RCD
Rabbit Biocontrol Advisory Group
- Why have a group focusing on rabbit management
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RCD - Frequently Asked Questions
- How is RCD transmitted to rabbits?
- How does RCD kill rabbits?
- Does RCD cause suffering before death?
- Are all rabbits affected by rabbit calicivirus?
- Will rabbits develop resistance to RCD?
- How do you recognise a rabbit with RCD?
- How can a vet recognise RCD at post-mortem?
- Is a vaccine available for domestic rabbits?
- Is the vaccine safe?
- Is it safe to eat vaccinated rabbits as it is with other vaccinated stock?
- Are vaccines effective against RCD?
- Is it necessary to vaccinate the offspring of immune adult rabbits?
- RCD and the environment
- How long does rabbit calicivirus persist in the environment?
- If RCD arrives accidentally in New Zealand, what are the likely environmental consequences?
- Why was RCD being trialled on Wardang Island?
- Is there really a rabbit problem in New Zealand?
- Would rabbit calicivirus disease eradicate rabbits?
- Why can't we harvest rabbits to control them?
- Does rabbit calicivirus disease affect other animals?
- Does RCD affect humans?
- Could rabbit calicivirus mutate and affect other animals?
- Are pets safe from rabbit calicivirus disease? (i.e. pets other than rabbits)
- Would it be safe to eat rabbits infected with rabbit calicivirus disease?
- Is the rabbit disease RHD the same as RCD?
- Why was "rabbit haemorrhagic disease" (RHD) renamed "rabbit calicivirus disease" (RCD)?
- Is RCD related to haemorrhagic diseases like that caused by Ebola virus?
- What is a calicivirus?
- Is rabbit calicivirus disease genetically engineered?
- Do young rabbits infected with rabbit calicivirus become immune to RCD for life?
- Why do young rabbits under 5 to 8 weeks survive RCD?
- Is RCD likely to arrive naturally in New Zealand?
- What are viruses?
- Where are viruses found?
- How are viruses classified?
- Predictions on a virus's properties based on taxonomy
- IPM = Integrated Pest Management.
- History’s lesson
- Biocontrols: Some New Zealand History in the Weed and Pest Camp
- RCD and Mutations
- Summary:
- What are caliciviruses?
- What is mutation?
- Do mutations occur in caliciviruses?
- What is host-switching?
- How often does host-switching occur?
- Is there any evidence that caliciviruses have switched hosts?
- Will the rabbit calicivirus disease switch hosts?
Predator/Prey Interactions in New Zealand: Possible Impacts of RCD
RCD: The Decision-Making Process
A Hundred Years of Rabbit Impacts, and Future Control Options
- New Equilibrium?
- Rabbit Calicivirus Disease
- RABBITS GALORE
- The Plague Begins
- Driven Off Land
- ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE
- Fire and grazing
- RABBIT CONTROL
- Wildcat Express
- Predators Fail
- Killer Policy Begun
- Aerial Battle Begins
- ELIMINATION OR CONTROL
- Total Eradication Abandoned
- Regional Councils
- THE RABBIT NOW
- THE CURRENT PROBLEM
- Total Management: A Focus on Sustainability
- Ferret- Friend or Foe?
- BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS
- Scare Tactics Fear
- WHICH CONTROL METHOD?
- Cuddly Bunny
- Biodegradable
- MYXOMATOSIS
- RABBIT CALICIVIRUS DISEASE - (RCD)
- Origin
- Quickly Spread
- Impact on wild rabbits
- Vaccines
- JOINT NEW ZEALAND & AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH PROGRAMME
- Effects
- No harm to other animals
- Island Quarantine trials
- THE FUTURE
- IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION
Contact for Enquiries
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