myxomatosis in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for myxomatosis in the English»Italian Dictionary

myxomatosis [Brit ˌmɪksəməˈtəʊsɪs, Am ˌmɪksəməˈtoʊsəs] N

myxomatosis

mixomatosi f

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The island's rabbit population, introduced for farming in the 12th century, suffers from myxomatosis, which effectively contains the numbers.

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Rabbits used to play a part but due to the onset of myxomatosis their numbers decreased so dramatically that they no longer have much of a grazing effect.

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It is believed the rabbits may have contracted myxomatosis, a disease which they had been vaccinated against.

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She thought it surprising that a question on the myxoma virus, responsible for myxomatosis in rabbits, which was examined in 2008, featured again.

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Myxomatosis is a disease that affects rabbits and is caused by the myxoma virus.

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In the 1960s the neck was a closely cropped sward of grass but after myxomatosis the area became overgrown with bracken and bramble.

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He and fellow researchers famously injected themselves with the myxomatosis virus to show it would not harm humans while devastating rabbit populations.

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The myxomatosis virus was also released in the late 1990s to combat rabbits, but failed to wipe them out so rabbit hunters were brought in.

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They normally grow in areas with large rabbit populations and the spread of myxomatosis had a significant effect on the plant.

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We know it will work, because it is more or less what used to happen in the days before myxomatosis.

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