Characterisation of the Historic Demographic Decline of the British European Polecat Population [PDF]
Molecular Ecology, Volume 34, Issue 20, October 2025.ABSTRACT The European polecat (Mustela putorius) has a widespread distribution across many countries of mainland Europe but is documented to be declining within these ranges. In Britain, direct persecution led to a severe decline of the polecat population during the 19th century. Unlike European mainland populations, it is now recovering across much of
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Development of two indirect ELISAs using purified recombinant viral proteins to detect myxoma virus-antigen specific antibodies in rabbit sera [PDF]
BMC Veterinary ResearchDespite the use of effective vaccines, myxomatosis remains a blight on European rabbit farms. The causative agent, myxoma virus (MYXV), is endemic in wild populations of leporids on the Iberian Peninsula. The detection of specific anti-MYXV antibodies in
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Mixed viral infections (Rotavirus, Herpesvirus and others) in European wild rabbits [PDF]
Veterinary and Animal ScienceInfectious viral pathogens significantly impact wild Leporidae populations, particularly Oryctolagus cuniculus algirus, which was listed as 'Endangered' in 2019. Myxomatosis and rabbit haemorrhagic disease are major contributors to severe epizootics with
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Widespread presence of novel gammaherpesviruses in lagomorph species (Oryctolagus cuniculus, Lepus spp. and Ochotona alpina) [PDF]
Virology JournalBackground Gammaherpesviruses co-evolve with their hosts, resulting in species-specific associations and restricted host tropism. In lagomorphs, six herpesviruses (LeHV-1 to LeHV-6) have been identified, with LeHV-4 being associated with mortality in ...
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MNF, an ankyrin repeat protein of myxoma virus, is part of a native cellular SCF complex during viral infection [PDF]
Virology Journal, 2010 Myxoma virus (MYXV), a member of the Poxviridae family, is the agent responsible for myxomatosis, a fatal disease in the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus).
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Вопросы вирусологии, 2021 Introduction. Bats are an epidemiologically important natural reservoir of viruses of various taxonomic groups, including causative agents of especially dangerous infections of humans and animals.
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Myxomatosis in Western Australia
, 1984 Since myxomatosis was introduced to Western Australia in the early 1950s rabbit plagues have ceased. However, myxomatosis has not proven to be the whole answer to the rabit problem.
King, D R, Wheeler, S. H.
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mBio, 2022 Myxoma virus (MYXV) is naturally found in rabbit Sylvilagus species and is known to cause lethal myxomatosis in European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus).
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Myxoma Virus and the Leporipoxviruses: An Evolutionary Paradigm
Viruses, 2015 Myxoma virus (MYXV) is the type species of the Leporipoxviruses, a genus of Chordopoxvirinae, double stranded DNA viruses, whose members infect leporids and squirrels, inducing cutaneous fibromas from which virus is mechanically transmitted by biting ...
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19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2011) [PDF]
, 2011 Increasing resistance of rabbits to myxomatosis in Australia has led to the exploration of Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease, also called Rabbit Calicivirus Disease (RCD) as a possible control agent.
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