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Pet rabbits at risk of deadly infection
By Alisa Yong
7:02 AM Monday May 4, 2015
The owners of a Carterton family farm park are urging pet owners to get their rabbits vaccinated, after 13 of their pure-bred bunnies were killed by the deadly calicivirus.
Over the last few weeks Leanne and Clayton Brown, of Wallowing Heights, have lost almost all of their prized rabbits, including Flemish Giants, Angoras and Netherland Dwarves, after the fast-acting virus spread through three separate enclosures on the property.
Mrs Brown said she never imagined their rabbits could come into contact with the virus...
Pet rabbits at risk of deadly infection
By Alisa Yong
7:02 AM Monday May 4, 2015
The owners of a Carterton family farm park are urging pet owners to get their rabbits vaccinated, after 13 of their pure-bred bunnies were killed by the deadly calicivirus.
Over the last few weeks Leanne and Clayton Brown, of Wallowing Heights, have lost almost all of their prized rabbits, including Flemish Giants, Angoras and Netherland Dwarves, after the fast-acting virus spread through three separate enclosures on the property.
Mrs Brown said she never imagined their rabbits could come into contact with the virus...