Wild rabbits spotted with horn-like growths caused by viral infection

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Recently some wild rabbit were seen in the USA with “horn -like” growth growth, which, according to experts, are caused by their heads caused by viral infection.

“Rabbit papillomas are growth on the skin caused by the Cottontail Rabbit Papillomavirus.” Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) says on his website because some people in the state have reported the strange sightings.

“It looks as if it were black springs or black toothpicks that stuck around their mouths all over their mouths,” Fort Collins, Colorado, residents Susan Mansfield, who saw one of the rabbits, told 9News. “I thought he would die in winter, but he didn’t do it. He came back for a second year and it grew.”

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A rabbit infected with the virus. (Education pictures/universal picture group about Getty Images)

CPW says that the infection by “black nodules on the skin, usually the head” is given and adds: “Growth can sometimes be extended and a horn -like appearance can be recorded.”

The department says that growth only harm the rabbits if they eat and drink the animal’s ability to eat and drink.

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“Most infected cottontails can survive Virus infectionAfter that, growth will disappear, “says CPW.” For this reason, CPW does not recommend that rabbits with papilloma, unless they disrupt the ability of the rabbit to eat and drink. “

According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the infection is given and added by “black nodules on the skin, usually the head” that “growth can sometimes be extended and a horn -like appearance takes on”. (Education pictures/universal picture group about Getty Images)

The department says that the virus is specific to rabbits and cannot be transferred to other species, but it could infect house rabbits.

According to News9, CPW also advises people to avoid touched rabbits.