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*'''A specialised form''' is seen in Angoras which have been vaccinated and then depilated: Lesions can be found on the torso only in animals with waning immunity after vaccination  and are considered to be a type IV hypersensitivity reaction (Ganiere et al 1990).

*'''A specialised form''' is seen in Angoras which have been vaccinated and then depilated: Lesions can be found on the torso only in animals with waning immunity after vaccination  and are considered to be a type IV hypersensitivity reaction (Ganiere et al 1990).

==Transmission==

==Epidemiology==

The disease is transmitted by both direct and indirect means (Okerman 1994), the former principally involving contact with infected wild rabbits; the latter, with arthropod vectors, including fleas, lice and mosquitoes, although (Gaguere 1995) implied that the mosquito is the only vector worth considering.

The disease is transmitted by both direct and indirect means (Okerman 1994), the former principally involving contact with infected wild rabbits; the latter, with arthropod vectors, including fleas, lice and mosquitoes, although (Gaguere 1995) implied that the mosquito is the only vector worth considering. The incubation period of the virus is two to eight days, and the duration of illness is usually from eleven to eighteen days. Pyrexia (42ºC) is a feature of the disease at or around the second day. Death is inevitable and is usually due to secondary infection with ''Pasteurella'' spp (Harkness and Wagner 1989) which is also why some cases seem to respond initially to antibiosis.

==Clinical signs==

==Clinical signs==