Calcivirus

Hey all. This question is mainly aimed at Australians but if you have any experience please chime in. I'm just wondering how people raise meat rabbits with the calcivirus being so easily transmissible? Is anyone successfully doing it with out losing rabbits all the time?

If you have access to acceptable veterinarian care, there are vaccines out there for rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV), a representative Calicivirus.  After the initial release of RHDV 1 as a biocontrol measure for the proliferation of introduced European rabbits gone wild, additional strains were released to aid in reducing their numbers.

From the link below:  "There are now two vaccines available for use in rabbits in Australia. The Cylap® vaccine currently used in Australia is effective against RHDV1 but may only provide partial protection against the RHDV2 strain. The Filavac VHD K C + V vaccine is an inactivated bivalent vaccine for rabbits which can provide protection against both RHDV1 and RHDV2, and this vaccine was recently approved for emergency use in Australia."  -  https://www.agriculture.gov.au/agriculture-land/animal/health/rabbit-haemorrhagic-disease-virus#:~:text=Rabbit%20haemorrhagic%20disease%20virus%20(RHDV,RHDV1%2C%20RHDV1a%20and%20RHDV2).