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The New Zealand is a breed of rabbit, which despite the name, is American in origin. The breed originated in California, possibly from rabbits imported from New Zealand. New Zealand rabbits are available in five colors recognized by the American Rabbit Breeders' Association (ARBA): white, red, black, blue, and broken.
Different breeds of rabbit at an exhibition in the Netherlands, 1952. As of 2017, there were at least 305 breeds of the domestic rabbit in 70 countries around the world. [1] A rabbit breed is a distinct strain created through selective breeding (or occasionally natural selection) for specific characteristics, including size, fur, body type, color, feed conversion ratio, et cetera.
32 breeds of rabbits. 1. Lionhead. Lionhead bunny. A small rabbit with a magnificent mane to match their name, this is a sweet, appealing bunny. They are playful, and friendly and enjoy a cuddle.
The New Zealand Rabbit Club, linked to by ARBA, lists Broken, White, Red, and Black as the four recognized varieties of the New Zealand breed (), and also has an announcement that blue has been recognized as a color of New Zealand as of 2016.
Rabbit hemorrhagic disease (RHD), also known as viral hemorrhagic disease (VHD), is a highly infectious and lethal form of viral hepatitis that affects European rabbits. Some viral strains also affect hares and cottontail rabbits. Mortality rates generally range from 70 to 100 percent. [4] The disease is caused by strains of rabbit hemorrhagic ...
Myxomatosis. Myxomatosis is a disease caused by Myxoma virus, a poxvirus in the genus Leporipoxvirus. The natural hosts are tapeti (Sylvilagus brasiliensis) in South and Central America, and brush rabbits (Sylvilagus bachmani) in North America. The myxoma virus causes only a mild disease in these species, but causes a severe and usually fatal ...
The Central Otago Great Easter Bunny Hunt is an annual rabbit cull held every Easter in and around Alexandra, New Zealand, since the early 1990s. It is organised by Alexandra Lions Club and convened by Dave Ramsay. [1][2] Central Otago is an area of New Zealand where rabbits are a non-native, invasive, serious problem with no natural predators ...
Virgin Blue's 50th Boeing 737 Virginia Blue was the only aircraft in the fleet to be actually painted blue. This aircraft is now in Virgin Australia livery. The timing of Virgin Blue's entry into the Australian market was fortunate as it was able to fill the vacuum created by the failure of Ansett Australia in September 2001. Ansett's failure ...