Acknowledgements
This work was financed by the Fundo Florestal Permanente, Government of Portugal, (Project +Coelho 2, ref. 2019014300001, as part of the Action Plan for the Control of Rabbit Viral Haemorrhagic Disease (Dispatch no. 4757/2017 of 31 May)). Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) funded Fábio A. Abade dos Santos (SFRH/BD/137067/2018). The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health (CIISA) from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (University of Lisbon) also contributed to this study (CIISA-UIDP/CVT/00276/2020).