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Kelly and other rabbit rescuers, shelters and people who live with rabbits have spent an entire year grappling with a strain of rabbit hemorrhagic disease that was first detected in France in 2010 and rapidly made its murderous way throughout the world. The strain, called RHDV2, is a calicivirus that is transmitted among both wild and domestic rabbits as well as hares and pika. It’s not contagious to other mammals, including humans, but it can be tracked into the home on shoes, clothing and paws of cats and dogs and flown in via mosquitoes, flies and other winged insects. If there are rabbits living in the house as well, the results are fatal. Symptoms may include loss of appetite; lethargy; high fever; seizures; nasal, oral or rectal bleeding; difficulty breathing; and sudden death.