TUBERCULOSIS IN RABBITS.
■ According to the Palmeraton (South) Times, an old gamekeeper named Ashton, who had 20 years experience in England, lias expressed the belief that tho tuberculosis spoken of as being' present in rabbits here is similar to a disease he had observed in tho old country, which broke out amongst the rabbits there after a long duration of wet weather, and which he attributed to their eating so mncli damp food. The disease, however, generally attacks very young or half-grown rabbits; but he did not seem to. think that it was con-, tagious, or had any perceptible effect in ! decimating their numbers. Hares were also subject to the disease, when the seasoH3. were very wet. Of course, as with the rabbits here, the liver became affected, and while it was deemed nob advisable to eat rabbits when attacked with the disease, they, generally appeared to recover with dry .weather. According to the opinion of Mr Ashton '.'
the disease which has. broken out amongst the rabbits here tallies more' with that given by Dr De and ■ that'the mortality from it is not likely to be very great, nor is there any fear of
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1609, 14 February 1884, Page 2
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194TUBERCULOSIS IN RABBITS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1609, 14 February 1884, Page 2
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