Trout R C, Ross J, Fox A P
Central Science Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Worplesdon, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom.
Rev Sci Tech. 1993 Mar;12(1):35-8. doi: 10.20506/rst.12.1.665.
Myxomatosis now kills a much smaller proportion of rabbit populations than in the past, while remaining an important regulatory factor, as shown experimentally. On two separate occasions, experimental reduction of the prevalence of the disease (by reducing infestations of the main vector, the rabbit flea) led to significant increases in numbers of rabbits surviving the winter.
如今，黏液瘤病导致兔子种群死亡的比例比过去小得多，不过它仍是一个重要的调控因素，这一点已通过实验得到证实。在两个不同的时期，通过减少主要传播媒介兔蚤的感染来降低该病的流行率，结果兔子越冬存活数量显著增加。
