Dead jackrabbit found southwest of the Boise Airport confirmed to have rabbit hemorrhagic disease

Disease was first detected in the same area of Southwest Idaho last year, and can infect domestic rabbits

Idaho Fish and Game and Idaho State Department of Agriculture confirmed that a black-tailed jackrabbit tested positive for Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease (RHD), a fatal and highly contagious disease that affects animals in the rabbit family, which includes domestic and wild rabbits, hares and pikas. RHD does not infect humans or nonrabbit species.

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