Rabbit calici virus adapts? (Alwyn Smith)

[Alan Brown]

In article <4alja7$n75 at golem.wcc.govt.nz>,
Rachel Priebee  <Priebee_R at wcc.govt.nz> wrote:

>My greatest personal concern is that it will adapt and end up infecting
>livestock and domestic pets such as cats and dogs (as a dog owner I
>am particularly concerned about that).

It's more likely to infect introduced mammals (including us)
than it is our native fauna, however that's a risk.

Of course if it adapted into killing off feral cats and muscilids
I doubt there'd be many tears shed.

Now how about a viral killer of possums?


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