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Data from pathology of Lagovirus europaeus GI.2/RHDV2/b (rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2) in native North American lagomorphs

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
1995-02-06
End Date
2020-06-08

Citation

Lankton, J.S., Knowles, S., Keller, S., Shearn-Bochsler, V.I., and Ip, H.S., 2021, Data from pathology of Lagovirus europaeus GI.2/RHDV2/b (rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2) in native North American lagomorphs: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9ZINO2P.

Summary

Rabbit hemorrhagic disease, a notifiable foreign animal disease in the USA, was reported for the first time in wild native North American rabbits and hares in April 2020 in the southwestern USA. Affected species included the Desert Cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii), Mountain Cottontail (S. nutallii), Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus), and Antelope Jackrabbit (L. alleni). Desert Cottontails (n=7) and Black-tailed Jackrabbits (n=7) collected in April and May 2020 were necropsied at the U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) and tested positive for Lagovirus europaeus GI.2, also known as rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2 (GI.2/RHDV2/b), by real-time PCR at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Julia S Lankton
Originator :
Julia S Lankton, Susan Knowles, Saskia A Keller, Valerie I Shearn-Bochsler, Hon S Ip
Metadata Contact :
Julia S Lankton
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
National Wildlife Health Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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Lankton_RHDV2_metadata.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		67.83 KB application/fgdc+xml
case info.csv 3.12 KB text/csv
gross lesions.csv 4.1 KB text/csv
histo lesions.csv 6.42 KB text/csv

Purpose

Data were collected as part of the NWHC diagnostic service.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9ZINO2P

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