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U.S. rabbit populations contend with lethal virus, RHDV2

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Department of Agriculture (USDA) deems RHDV2 as seriously contagious and nearly always fatal amongst domestic and wild rabbit species and their close relatives, hares and pikas. The USDA considers both RHDV1 and RHDV2 invasive pathogens, as they are not native to North America. By September 2018, RHDV2 reached the U.S.,