Myxomatosis: the introduction of the European rabbit flea Spilopsyllus cuniculi (Dale) into wild rabbit populations in Australia
Myxomatosis: the introduction of the European rabbit flea Spilopsyllus cuniculi (Dale) into wild rabbit populations in Australia
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粘液瘤病：欧洲兔蚤 Spilopsyllus cuniculi (Dale) 引入澳大利亚野兔种群
作者：
W. Sobey;D. Conolly
总结1。欧洲兔蚤在新南威尔士州的三个地方成功地在野兔身上繁殖，在两个繁殖季节内，几乎每只在放养地点四分之一英里内被射杀的兔子都被感染了。2. 结果表明，蚤在野外传播黏液瘤病毒。3. 在繁殖季节开始时，超过75%的兔子被跳蚤感染并存在黏液瘤病毒的地区，种群没有显示出预期的夏季增长。
SUMMARY 1. The European rabbit flea Spilopsyllus cuniculi (Dale) bred successfully in wild rabbits on three properties in New South Wales and, within two breeding seasons, almost every rabbit shot within a quarter of a mile of a release site was infested. 2. It was demonstrated that the flea transmitted myxoma virus in the field. 3. In areas where more than 75 % of the rabbits shot at the beginning of the breeding season were flea-infested and myxoma virus was present, populations failed to show the expected summer build-up.