Draft:Myxomatosis in North America (California Myxomatosis)

  • Comment: Myxomatosis already exists a 'Good Article'. If there is enough information for a separate sub article on 'California Myxomatosis' fine but it should not just redo Myxomatosis but only focused on North America, it should be written as a sub of the main article focusing on the North American specifics. Large sections of this are just an unattributed copy of Myxomatosis. KylieTastic (talk) 11:35, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Sandbox in which Rabbit Vet will be playing... Myxomatosis in North America (Californian Myxomatosis)

Myxoma virus
Myxoma virus (transmission electron microscope)
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Varidnaviria
Kingdom: Bamfordvirae
Phylum: Nucleocytoviricota
Class: Pokkesviricetes
Order: Chitovirales
Family: Poxviridae
Genus: Leporipoxvirus
Species:
Myxoma virus

Myxomatosis is a disease caused by the myxoma virus, a poxvirus in the genus Leporipoxvirus. The natural host of the myxoma virus in North America is the brush rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani). This virus causes only mild disease in the brush rabbit, but causes a severe and usually fatal disease in European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus), the species of rabbit commonly kept as pets or used as a food source.