On May 27, 2022, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) wasnotified that a single domestic rabbit residing in Palm Beach County had tested positive forRabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, Type 2 (RHDV-2). The premises had no other animals. Thisis the third confirmed case of RHDV-2 in domestic rabbits Read more…
May 20, 2022 – The first case of RHDV2 was been confirmed in the Riparian Brush Rabbit (a subspecies of the western brush rabbit), an endangered rabbit found only in small patches of remaining riparian forest habitat in the northern portion of the San Joaquin Valley and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Read more…
Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) state veterinarian’s office announced the first case of RHDV2 since the initial outbreak in the southwestern US in March 2020. The domestic rabbit, in King County, lived exclusively indoors and was tested by a private veterinarian after sudden deaths were reported. Washington was the Read more…
The State of New Jersey Department of Agriculture reported the first case of RHDV2 in New Jersey. The infected rabbit was a 1-year-old spayed female rabbit in Cape May County. Additional details can be found here in the New Jersey DoA press release.