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Science Update: Rabbit killer

Danny Penman
Monday 10 October 1994 23:02 BST
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GOOD news for farmers - bad news for rabbits. The Ministry of Agriculture has confirmed the spread of a swiftly lethal viral haemorrhagic disease to Britain's wild rabbits from farmed bunnies.

The illness, which kills within a couple of days, is widespread in Europe and there have been 24 outbreaks in Britain this year.

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