tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post8013677676017122651..comments2024-03-19T08:07:56.418+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-40048646160908468282007-05-27T13:23:00.000+01:002007-05-27T13:23:00.000+01:00Here's some more info about the calicivirus for yo...Here's some more info about the calicivirus for you:<BR/><BR/>http://www.csiro.au/communication/rabbits/qa5.htmMoorecathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04231619758940001287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-64322229493543662302007-05-27T13:17:00.000+01:002007-05-27T13:17:00.000+01:00Jean, it's actually spelt calicivirus. DH and I w...Jean, it's actually spelt calicivirus. DH and I were living on a sheep farm in New South Wales when it was generally released.<BR/><BR/>The rabbits died very quickly and more humanely than with myxomatosis, and numbers stayed down, even ten years later (my sister is still on the farm next door to where we lived).<BR/><BR/>There was some evidence that young rabbits, or kittens, exposed to the virus under a certain age, gained immunity, but it's thought that this immunity is not passed on.<BR/><BR/>I have the pattern for Sam as well (as well as Sue the Ewe), and my fingers are itching to join you, using some of my handspun.<BR/><BR/>However, I am striving for strictness in finishing something first. The strain may be too much for me :)Moorecathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04231619758940001287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-33280367042766934212007-05-27T10:33:00.000+01:002007-05-27T10:33:00.000+01:00You used to be able to buy packets of 'boneless Ch...You used to be able to buy packets of 'boneless Chinese rabbit' in the frozen meat section of British supermarkets in the early 1980s, but I haven't seen it for a long time. The boyfriend of a friend of mine said they must have been the original flopsy bunnies.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045029232081633077noreply@blogger.com