At the moment it has only been found in Riverside county in CA (Palm Springs). The general guidelines are to assume that it could also be present within 150 miles of the confirmed cases. So, if you are able to find out where your produce is grown more specifically, I would do that. The produce manager at your market should hopefully be able to tell you. For example, produce grown in Northern CA, such as the Salinas Valley (where a lot of lettuces are grown), is still likely to be safe. I would also avoid produce from Mexico, as the virus is spreading very quickly in Northern Mexico and Baja California.

I’m in Southern CA and keeping a very close eye on things. Once it gets within 150 miles I will probably stop feeding veggies until I can get my bunnies vaccinated (with will hopefully happen by midsummer, our vet is working on it…). I change my mind on this day to day to be honest. I’m crossing my fingers that the hot weather in the desert will slow the spread a bit as insects are dying down and the wild rabbits are mostly done breeding for the year.

All of that said, the overall risk from feed is one of the big unknowns with RHDV. We know that being outside is the biggest risk, most likely due to transmission by insects (especially flies). But feed has been implicated in cases where the rabbit was inside in an urban area and the owners had no other idea where it could have come from.