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myxomatosis

[ UK /mˌa‍ɪksəmɐtˈə‍ʊsɪs/ ]
NOUN
  1. a viral disease (usually fatal) of rabbits

How To Use myxomatosis In A Sentence

  • The problem could arise if this population suddenly vanished, as it has done in the past due to myxomatosis.
  • Before the onslaught of myxomatosis in the 1970s, rabbit was a common cheap food source used by all classes.
  • The success of myxomatosis in controlling rabbit numbers brought new public prestige, and a detailed program of wool research was undertaken.
  • Myxomatosis is spread from animal to animal by the rabbit flea. Food Watch
  • In Britain, the large blue ultimately became extinct when traditional grazing ceased and myxomatosis killed off rabbits that once helped keep the grass short on the warm meadows favoured by the ants and the butterfly. Large blue butterfly moves to Cotswolds
  • The rabbit disease myxomatosis had finally reached the area, with an outbreak on the moors above Settle.
  • One of the most vivid memories of those days is the year that the government introduced the hideous disease myxomatosis to control a plague of rabbits on the Sussex Downs. ɘloЯ
  • Owners of pet and show rabbits were advised to have their animals inoculated against myxomatosis or cover their hutches with buttered muslin.
  • Since myxomatosis birch and oak have repopulated the area. A Guide to Britain's Conservation Heritage
  • But with his luck, any such rabbit would probably be struck down with myxomatosis. Archive 2008-05-01
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