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Myxomatosis. The effect of age upon survival of wild and domestic rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) with a degree of genetic resistance and unselected domestic rabbits infected with myxoma virus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

W. R. Sobey ,
Dorothy Conolly ,
P. Haycock  and
J. W. Edmonds
W. R. Sobey
Affiliation:
C.S.I.R.O., Division of Animal Genetics, P.O. Box 90, Epping, N.S.W. 2121, Australia
Dorothy Conolly
Affiliation:
C.S.I.R.O., Division of Animal Genetics, P.O. Box 90, Epping, N.S.W. 2121, Australia
P. Haycock
Affiliation:
C.S.I.R.O., Division of Animal Genetics, P.O. Box 90, Epping, N.S.W. 2121, Australia
J. W. Edmonds
Affiliation:
C.S.I.R.O., Division of Animal Genetics, P.O. Box 90, Epping, N.S.W. 2121, Australia
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The response of wild and domestic rabbits with a degree of genetic resistance to myxomatosis has been shown to be markedly affected by the age at which they were infected with a virulent strain of the virus. The response, in terms of mean survival time and percentage survival, fell with increasing age from 10 to 30 weeks with little change thereafter.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 68 , Issue 1 , March 1970 , pp. 137 - 149
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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