Talk:Rabbit haemorrhagic disease

Article creation
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Researched and put together the article "Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease" for English Class. I am looking for some constructive feedback or discussion. Please, feel free! Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lisakauth (talk • contribs) 04:09, 13 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Seems well organized, however a couple of the referenced external links seem to need attention, such as this one:  and this one:  and this one seems to be an advertisment page: . Thank you for your contribution to wikipedia. Bugguyak (talk) 19:00, 6 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Still interested in feedback? My main suggestion would be to provide those tagged sentences with citations.  Let me know if you need any help or anything.  delldot   talk  02:06, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Misleading info on NZ release
Would just like to note, all the stuff about RHD as a biological control is quite misleading. It was not approved for release in New Zealand because of fears that the virus would jump species and infect native animals, in particular the kiwi. However, a group of southland farmers smuggled some of the virus into the country and released it into the wild. They did a rather poor job of dispersing the virus and were pretty short-sighted about the whole business, but they're still considered to be one of the most successful bioterrorist groups worldwide (lol!). I'd edit the article to be more accurate, but my time is quite limited at the moment and it looks like this page is due for a merge and rewrite anyway. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.57.111.93 (talk) 07:40, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Self-contradictory, unsourced paragraph
This paragraph is self-contradictory: "Maternal antibodies such as immunoglobulin G (IgG), which are readily transmitted to the young across the placenta, may explain why very young rabbits are resistant to RHD. Some scientists also believe that the immature immune system of a young rabbit cannot produce the number of chemicals needed to initiate clotting in order to kill. Rabbits may develop immunity against other strains of the RHD virus, while others may endure persistent infections. The immunity does not survive through the next generation, leaving open the possibility of further outbreaks in the population."

Either mothers do pass on immunity, or they don't. They can't both pass it on and not pass it on at the same time. Passing it on seems to be indicated, since the NZ population has developed an immunity. It's possible that there's a genetic immunity being passed on, and an immunological one not being passed on, but we need sources that say so. — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  09:29, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

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RHDV2
A German newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung, recently told that RHDV2 is ways more agressive than RHDV1 and is also able to infect hares. There is information about prograss in vaccination development as well. Sorry, I've only German reference as follows: (online article may be charged). Could you find a better one? Ernsts (talk) 23:57, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

Updating information
Hi folks, I'm a rabbit veterinarian in the U.S. I updated the page with new information on an outbreak in a veterinary clinic in New York. I will also be going through other paragraphs and updating information as needed. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns about my content. Thanks! Rabbit Vet (talk) 00:05, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Does anyone know how to change the spelling on the page's title? I would like to change it to "rabbit hemorrhagic disease", which is the more common spelling and that used by the majority of the international veterinary literature.

Requested move 25 April 2020
Rabbit haemorrhagic disease → ? – I would like to change the title of this article to "rabbit hemorrhagic disease", which is the more common spelling and that used by the majority of the international veterinary literature. Only the UK uses the spelling "haemorrhagic". I got a technical error when I tried to move it myself, saying a page of that name already exists. I don't know how to resolve this conflict, and would appreciate your help! Rabbit Vet (talk) 16:15, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose per WP:RETAIN, "An article should not be edited or renamed simply to switch from one variety of English to another." The title is a redirect targetting this article already. 94.21.253.28 (talk) 03:49, 26 April 2020 (UTC)


 * A lengthy discussion over this isn't needed in my opinion so I've changed the name / moved it already. It is already standard on WP to use the e spelling over the ae for the exact reason given by Rabbit Vet, i.e. e spelling is more common and standard outside of WP. See other articles like Viral hemorrhagic fever and Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome or even Category:Hemorrhagic fevers at the bottom of this very article. Velayinosu (talk) 04:11, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I have reverted your cut/paste move since this is not the proper way of moving pages as it loses attribution of content provided by the edit history. Polyamorph (talk) 10:11, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Okay my mistake. I'm not familiar with how to move the article then in this instance since the article with the target name already exists. Velayinosu (talk) 13:05, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
 * You will have to use the instructions at WP:RM. Cheers, Polyamorph (talk) 14:35, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks everyone for your help! Rabbit Vet (talk) 13:12, 3 May 2020 (UTC)