{"id":142433,"date":"2016-04-22T23:59:41","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T13:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=142433"},"modified":"2020-07-29T16:26:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T06:26:25","slug":"farmer-invited-to-join-in-rabbit-virus-rollout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/04\/22\/farmer-invited-to-join-in-rabbit-virus-rollout\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers Invited To Join<br> In Rabbit Virus Rollout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>April 22, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The national rollout of a new naturally occurring Korean strain of rabbit calicivirus, called RHDV1 K5, will begin later this year or early next year.<\/p>\n<p>Land managers, farmers, and community groups have been invited get involved in the rollout by registering to be a monitoring or release site through the Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre (IACRC) <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pestsmart.org.au\/get-involved-as-a-monitoring-site\" target=\"_blank\">Pest Smart website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Expressions of interest close at the end of May.<\/p>\n<p>Biosecurity Queensland says rabbits cost the Australian economy $200 million annually.<\/p>\n<p>They cause severe land degradation and soil erosion and also threaten the survival of many rare and endangered species of native wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>Biocontrol through myxomatosis and rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) has provided benefits to pastoral industries estimated at approximately $70 billion over 60 years, and resulted in marked recoveries of native flora and fauna.<\/p>\n<p><strong>However, the effectiveness of these viruses as a rabbit management tool is now waning due to rabbits building up a resistance to the diseases.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Research into different strains of RHDV was conducted through the IACRC.<\/p>\n<p>Out of 38 known strains of RHDV1, a naturally occurring Korean strain, known as RHDV1 K5, has been selected as it is believed to be the most effective.<\/p>\n<p>Approval for its release is currently being sought from the Federal Government.<\/p>\n<p>The roll out of the RHDV1 K5 national program is likely to occur around Spring 2016 or Autumn 2017 at selected sites across Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries and other local government agents will be authorised to release RHDV1 K5 in Queensland.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>External link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pestsmart.org.au\/boosting-rabbit-biocontrol-rhdv-k5-national-release\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pest Smart website<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Related article: <a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/11\/new-virus-to-target-rabbits\/\">New Virus To Target Rabbits<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The national rollout of a new naturally occurring Korean strain of rabbit calicivirus, called RHDV1 K5, will begin later this year or early next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":126260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,36],"tags":[1134],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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