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Myxomatosis ("Myxo/ Myxi")
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R Woods
18/02/2009
Myxomatosis was introduced to the wild rabbit population in Australia in 1951 as a biological control agent. Initially, mortality was about 90%, but this dropped to around 40% in some populations of wild rabbits, due to a decrease in the virulence of the virus and an increase in resistance in the wild rabbit population.
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