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Order prohibits importation of rabbits into Pa. from some states

The Beaver Times 30 Sep 2021

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is working to keep a disease that impacts rabbits from entering the commonwealth ... 22 that prohibits bringing in wild lagomorphs (rabbits, hares and pika) from a state that already has cases of rabbit hemorrhagic disease ... What is rabbit hemorrhagic disease?.

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Pa. Game Commission Issues Executive Order To Protect Wild Rabbits, Hares From Disease

CBS Sports 26 Sep 2021

... Disease (RHD).READ MORE ... The executive order involves banning imports of rabbits, hares and pikas into Pennsylvania or any of their associated parts, like pelts or hides, from areas where Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Serotype 2 (RHDV2) has been reported in the last 12 months.

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YishengBio Announces PIKA recombinant COVID-19 vaccine received Phase I clinical trial IND clearance from the UAE

Finger Lakes Times 19 Jul 2021

The PIKA immunomodulating technology platform is developed in-house through which it empowered and nurtured a diverse pipeline of vaccines and therapeutic biologics with better efficacy and safety potential to address the unmet medical needs in infectious disease and cancer fields.

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Deadly virus in rabbits threatens to upend some Western ecosystems

Daily Press Victorville 17 Apr 2021

The culprit remains unknown, but she's got a good guess — rabbit hemorrhagic disease. Caused by a deadly and highly contagious virus, the disease affects both wild and domestic populations of lagomorphs, which are a subset of species including hares, rabbits and pikas.

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New import requirements aim to protect rabbits from deadly virus

Knoxville Daily Sun 10 Apr 2021

NASHVILLE — Following the recent detection of rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus type 2 (RHDV2) near the Tennessee border in Arkansas, live domestic rabbits, wild hares, and pikas have new requirements for import to Tennessee ... that affects domestic rabbits, wild hares, and pika;.

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Tennessee veterinarian warns animal owners of highly contagious and fatal rabbit disease found at state border

Times Free Press 02 Apr 2021

An outbreak of a foreign animal disease has been found near the Tennessee border in Arkansas, according to a news release from the Tennessee Department of Agriculture. Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus type 2, or RHDV2, is highly contagious and fatal to domestic rabbits, wild hares and pika, though it does not affect humans or other animals ... .

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CPW Identifies Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease In Garfield & Saguache Counties

CBS News 31 Mar 2021

Officials say cottontail rabbits are contracting Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus type 2 ... Scientists had previously considered RHDV-2 to be a foreign animal disease that could not infect North American cottontails or hares ... CPW said it is particularly concerned for the disease emerging in snowshoe hare and pika.

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CPW confirms more hemorrhagic disease in rabbits

Montrose Press 30 Mar 2021

CPW is particularly concerned for possible emergence of the disease in snowshoe hare and pika ... Guidelines for wild cottontails, hares and pikaPlease report three or more dead animals within a two-week period, in a neighborhood or other small area; animals seen alive with clinical signs; any dead or sick snowshoe hares or pikas.

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Wyoming lab can now test for deadly rabbit disease

The Sidney Herald 01 Mar 2021

Wyoming wildlife managers have a new tool to monitor the presence of Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus 2, which can be fatal in wild and domestic rabbits, hares and pikas ... .

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YishengBio Raises $130 Million in Series B Funding to Accelerate Pipeline Development and Commercialization

Finger Lakes Times 24 Feb 2021

The company is engaged in discovering, developing and commercializing innovative biotherapeutics for cancers and infectious diseases using novel PIKA® immunomodulating technology ... for cancers and infectious diseases using the novel PIKA® immunomodulating technology.

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Virus might have spread to wild rabbits in Southwest Colorado

The Journal 06 Nov 2020

A highly contagious disease has been found in domestic rabbits in Montezuma County and is suspected in the wild population, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife ... CPW suspects hemorrhagic disease ... Lewandowski said the disease has not been found in snowshoe hares in the higher mountains, or in pikas, a close relative of the rabbit.

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Disease might have spread to wild rabbits in Southwest Colorado

The Journal 06 Nov 2020

A highly contagious disease has been found in domestic rabbits in Montezuma County and is suspected in the wild population, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife ... CPW suspects hemorrhagic disease ... Lewandowski said the disease has not been found in snowshoe hares in the higher mountains, or in pikas, a close relative of the rabbit.

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Saving the Amazon forest -- and America's environment

Herald-Standard 09 Aug 2020

“Lemon eucalyptus” is not approved for use in disease-endemic areas due to its lack of efficacy ... Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus type 2 (RHDV2) has been spreading in wild and domestic rabbits, hares and pikas throughout the Southwest, and veterinary epidemiologists say it’s only a matter of time before the virus is endemic throughout the U.S.

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Rabbit hemorrhagic disease confirmed in wild rabbits in Wayne County

Provo Daily Herald 06 Aug 2020

After being confirmed in domestic rabbits in Sanpete County in June, Rabbit hemorrhagic disease has now been confirmed in wild rabbit populations in Utah as well ... Both domestic and wild rabbits, as well as pikas, are susceptible to the disease, and infection results in very high rates of mortality.

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Officials confirm cases of deadly disease in Utah wild rabbits

St George News 25 Jul 2020

SALT LAKE CITY — After being confirmed in domestic rabbits in Sanpete County in June, rabbit hemorrhagic disease has now been confirmed in wild rabbit populations in Utah as well ... Both domestic and wild rabbits, as well as pikas, are susceptible to the disease and infection results in very high rates of mortality.