Ag officials warn against rabbit virus
A domesticated rabbit nibbles on a pine needle in a front yard south of Moses Lake in early 2020. Officials with the Washington State Department of Agriculture confirmed the discovery last week of rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus type 2, or RHDV2, in two domestic rabbits in Thurston County.
CHARLES H. FEATHERSTONE/COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD
OLYMPIA — Officials with the Washington State Department of Agriculture have confirmed the presence in the state of yet another highly infectious animal disease with the discovery of two cases of rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus type 2, also known as RHDV2, in a single household in Thurston County in late July.
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