Hi,
My pup cannot stop eating rabbit poo, in fact she prefers it to good dog food. She runs around several times a day eating as much as she can and then refuses to eat her good food indoors. I worm frequently but please can you advise if dogs can be ill eating poo from rabbits with Mixamatosis as I have seen several rabbits looking very unwell.

No as far as I am aware it only affects rabbits.

Nope, has no effect on dogs. We have mixy in my area and double checked this with my vet to be sure as mine love to eat them.
Often if a dog eats a rabbit with fur this will clear worms through anyway, but i'd still make sure you're up to date on wormer if they do eat rabbit.

They can quite happily eat the Myxi rabbits too, easier to catch too.

Thanks all for the peace of mind

dont you find it quite scarey that a disease that was introduced soooo many years ago is still around?

Not really, mumps, diptheria, tetanus, chicken pox, measles, german measles, polio is still around after all.

but most of these childhood illnesses dont leave the results of myxi. some do not not all

I thought myxomatosis was carried by mosquitos.

In Australia it is, but in Europe the primary carrier is the rabbit flea.

I always wondered about that because I've never seen mosquitos in Wales, not warm enough I thought.

> in Europe the primary carrier is the rabbit flea.

Be very careful if you have Myxomatosis in the wild rabbits in your area if you have a dog or outdoor cat.... potentially they could bring fleas back to infect yours or other people's pet bunnies. There is a vaccine for pet rabbits but in recent years it appears to have become less effective, and cannot guarantee full protection.

It's also thought there is now a mosquito vector for the disease in the UK which may explain the rise in cases among pets.

I think you will find that many childhood diseases result in death and/or permanent disability, the fact that we have vaccinations now have removed many of the visible reminders of this in the West, however the diseases still exist and still have the same consequences in many cases.

Unfortunately many doctors have never seen the symptoms and can fail to diagnose diptheria etc.

It's the farmers that spead this disease.  I know a few that pass about dead rabbit carcasses to put in the warrens to infect the residents to save their grass.  Our local farmer lets us hunt on his land for rabbits with the bird and another guy with a couple of lurchers.  he'll do anythng to get ontop on the rabbit population.

It's endemic in the rabbit population now.