Does myxomatosis still regulate numbers of rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus Linnaeus, 1758) in the United Kingdom ?

1 March 1993

journal article
Published by WOAH (World Organisation for Animal Health) in Revue Scientifique et Technique de l'OIE

Vol. 12 (1) , 35-38
https://doi.org/10.20506/rst.12.1.665

Abstract

Myxomatosis now kills a much smaller proportion of rabbit populations than in the past, while remaining an important regulatory factor, as shown experimentally. On two separate occasions, experimental reduction of the prevalence of the disease (by reducing infestations of the main vector, the rabbit flea) led to significant increases in numbers of rabbits surviving the winter.

Keywords

EXPERIMENTAL REDUCTION
EXPERIMENTALLY
MYXOMATOSIS
RABBIT POPULATIONS
TWO SEPARATE
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES
NUMBERS OF RABBITS
RABBITS SURVIVING

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