International scientific opinions oppose RHD as a biocontrol

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  1. Professor Esteban Domingo (Professor of research at the Spanish Research Council)
  2. Dr David Cubitt, PhD (Consultant Clinical Virologist)
  3. Professor Leo Jeffcott, MA, BVet Med, PhD, FRCVS, DVSc (Dean of the Veterinary School, Cambridge University, UK)
  4. Professor I McConnell, BVMS, MRCVS, MA, PhD, FRCPath, FRSE (Professor of Veterinary Science)
  5. Professor Francisco Parra (Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oviedo, Spain
  6. Dr Jay F Kirkpatrick PhD (Director of Science & Conservation Biology, Zoo Montana, USA)
  7. Article summarising medical scientists objections to RCD based on New Scientist Magazine report
  8. Article concerning report by Dr Neill Cherry about possible human health implications of RCD/RHD
  9. Rabbit Disease - Can we afford the risks? by Professor Walter C. Clark (6th March 1997) [Emeritus Professor of Zoology,University of Canterbury,NZ]
  10. Submission by New Zealand Association of Scientists against the introduction of RHD/RCD into NZ
  11. Submission by the NZ Ministry of Health opposing the introduction of RCD into NZ
  12. New Zealand Authorities "No" ruling against RCD
  13. Dr Douglas Gregg, DVM, PhD (Veterinary Pathologist, Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Plum Island, USA)
  14. Dr Harless McDaniel, DVM, PhD (Assistant Director - recently retired, Program Planning & Development, USDA/APHIS, USA)
  15. Dr Stephane Marchandeau, (Office National de la Chasse, Nantes, France)
  16. Dr Albert Pages Mante, (Poultry and Rabbit Department, Laboratorios Hipra, Spain)
  17. Dr Marion Koopmans , DVM, PhD (National Institute for Public Health and Environmental Protection, The Netherlands)
  18. Dr R. Gaskell,Mr M Glenn and Mr A Radford (Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool, UK)
  19. Dr David O Matson MD, PhD (Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology and Immunology, Centre for Pediatric Research, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, USA)
  20. Dr Alvin Smith DVM, PhD, BA, MS, Dip.ACLAM (Professor and Head, Laboratory for Calicivirus Studies, Orgeon State University, Oregon, USA)
  21. Dr Eberhard Schneider, Gottingen, Germany - in reply to letter from Mrs E. Ravji, FOENZ
  22. Dr Jeffrey E Barlough, DVM, PhD, Diplomate, ACVN (Department Of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, USA)


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