Royal Veterinary College - Fly Strike Study

The Royal Veterinary College (University of London) are, with the support of the RWAF, undertaking a study into Blowfly strike, an all too common and fatal condition in domestic rabbits.

They're asking for help from rabbit owners to spend a few minutes completing a survey to help in their resarch into this terrible condition. In case you need prompting, there are prizes on offer kindly donated by TheHayExperts.com. Please see the message below from the College...

Blowfly strike in rabbits - a deadly disease.

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Would you like to help improve the understanding of a dangerous disease as well as be in for a chance to win some great rabbit related prizes from www.thehayexperts.com and The Rabbit Welfare Association?

Be part of a nationwide study that will help us to understand why some rabbits are more susceptible to blowfly strike (infestation with maggots) than others.If your rabbit has suffered blowfly strike in the past, you will know what an unpleasant condition this is. Blowfly strike is not only widespread but also frequently results in the death of the infested rabbit. There are still, however, aspects of the disease that we know relatively little about, such as what factors make certain rabbits more attractive to blowflies than others?

We hope to be able to answer questions like this by means of a nationwide survey of caring and responsible rabbit owners organized by the Rabbit Welfare Association and Fund and The Royal Veterinary College (University of London).The survey will be divided into two parts:

(1) The first part is designed to gather together information about your rabbit (breed, sex, age, housing, diet, etc); - FILL THIS IN TODAY!!

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(2) The second part will only need to be completed if your rabbit suffers blowfly strike this year.This is the first time such a study has been conducted online and should only take around 10 minutes to complete. We will be giving away some great prizes kindly donated from the people at www.thehayexperts.com and The Rabbit Welfare Association and Fund for you and your rabbit, the winners will be drawn at random at the end of the study.

If you are a current rabbit owner and would like to help please follow the link below to the survey - and THANK YOU for your help!!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=_2b879e38uUfNLOmLcoCRcEg_3d_3d