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A highly contagious and deadly virus targeting wild and domestic rabbits has been detected in two rabbit carcasses found in the Canada de San Vicente Ecological Reserve in Ramona.
Wildlife officials said two desert cottontails tested positive for the rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2 (RHDV2) infection on April 8.
Rabbit hemorrhagic disease (RHDV2) is not related to the novel coronavirus and does not affect humans or domestic animals other than rabbits.
The virus showed up in Mexico, and in New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona and Texas before it was detected in a black-tailed jackrabbit carcass found on private property near Palm Springs in May 2020 its first sighting in California.
Deadly virus detected in two wild rabbits from Ramona
Wildlife officials on April 8 confirmed rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2 (RHDV2) infection in two desert cottontail rabbits found dead in the Canada de San Vicente Ecological Reserve in Ramona.
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A highly contagious and deadly virus targeting wild and domestic rabbits has been detected in two rabbit carcasses found in the Canada de San Vicente Ecological Reserve in Ramona.
Wildlife officials said two desert cottontails tested positive for the rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2 (RHDV2) infection on April 8.
Rabbit hemorrhagic disease (RHDV2) is not related to the novel coronavirus and does not affect humans or domestic animals other than rabbits.
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A Baraboo woman was recently charged with six felony counts of theft after being accused of stealing nearly $133,000 from her the vet clinic she worked for.
Bobbi Jo Tracy, 44, faces a maximum of 40 years in prison and fines up to $75,000 for the charges filed March 10 in Sauk County Circuit Court.
According to the criminal complaint, Tracy was hired in October 2012 to work at the front desk of Noble Hound Animal Hospital & Pet Resort, 490 Bunker Road, and was promoted three years later to office manager. She left the business in March 2018, citing stress, according to a doctor at the clinic.