The brush rabbit, or western brush rabbit, or Californian brush rabbit, is a species of cottontail rabbit found in western coastal regions of North America, from the Columbia River in Oregon to the so
Myxomatosis is a disease caused by Myxoma virus, a rabbit poxvirus in the genus Leporipoxvirus. The natural hosts are tapeti in South and Central America, and brush rabbits in North America. The myxom
Brush rabbit
…a poxvirus in the genus Leporipoxvirus. This virus causes only a mild disease in brush rabbits, but causes a severe and usually fatal disease called myxomatosis in European (pet) rabbits. The disease is usually transmitted from one rabbit to another by biting insects. Three geographic subspecies of the brush…
Myxoma virus
Wild rabbit with inflammation of eyes and nose caused by myxomatosis (Germany).
European rabbit with skin nodules caused by myxomatosis (West Yorkshire, UK)
Pet rabbit with myxomatosis caused by the MSW strain of myxoma virus (Santa Cruz, CA), showing swollen eyelids and genitals