Ticks are the main vectors for the transmission of bacterial, protist and viral pathogens in Europe affecting wildlife and domestic animals. However, some of them are zoonotic and can cause serious, sometimes fatal, problems in human health. A systematic review in PubMed/MEDLINE database was...
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Moraga-Fernández, A.; Muñoz-Hernández, C.; Sánchez-Sánchez, M.; Fernández Mera, I. G. de; Fuente, J. de la
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Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Veterinary Microbiology, 2023, 286,
A structured risk assessment of seven vector-borne animal diseases (VBADs) indicated that the risk of all evaluated VBADs but Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is moderate to high for the Netherlands. However, clear differences were observed when comparing the risk profiles of the VBADs...
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Vos, C. J. de; Roermund, H. J. W. van; Koeijer, A. A. de; Fischer, E. A. J.
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Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Elsinore, Denmark
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Proceedings of the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Annual Meeting, Elsinore, Denmark, 16-18 March 2016, 2021, pp 215-228
In the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, RIVM), veterinarians have always played a role in the field of public health. In 1921 the implementation of the law on meat hygiene was assigned to the Institute and in 1922 a separate...
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Veterinair Historisch Genootschap, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Argos, 2013, No.48, pp 262-267
Urban fauna is defined as animal species that can live in urban environments. Several species, including the western-European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), have now been identified as part of this urban fauna, becoming permanent residents of parks and gardens in different cities across Europe....
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Baptista, C. J.; Oliveira, P. A.; Gonzalo-Orden, J. M.; Seixas, F.
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MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
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Pathogens, 2023, 12, 2,
Successful repopulation programs of Eurasian beavers (Castor fiber) have resulted in an increase in beaver populations throughout Europe. This may be of public health relevance because beavers can host multiple zoonotic pathogens. From March 2018 to March 2020, opportunistic testing of dead beavers ...
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Maas, M.; Glorie, J.; Dam-Deisz, C.; Vries, A. de; Franssen, F. F. J.; Jaarsma, R. I.; Hengeveld, P. D.; Dierikx, C. M.; Giessen, J. W. B. van der; Opsteegh, M.
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Wildlife Disease Association, Lawrence, USA
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2022, 58, 2, pp 404-408
The worldwide decline of the eel population is thought to be caused by several factors, among which eel diseases. To investigate diseases of European silver eels Anguilla anguilla in the Netherlands, in Nov-Dec 2004 12 silver eels, and in Aug-Dec 2005 80 eels were caught in downstream parts...
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Haenen, O. L. M.; Lehmann, J.; Engelsma, M. Y.; Stürenberg, F. J.; Roozenburg, I.; Kerkhoff, S.; Breteler, J. K.
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Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
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Aquaculture, 2010, 309, 1/4, pp 15-24
In this second volume of papers from the 15th International Congress of the International Society for Animal Hygiene, held in Vienna, Austria, on 3-7 July 2011, the main topics are related to the prevention of zoonotic infectious diseases in animals and man and new pathways towards sustainable...
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Köfer, J.; Schobesberger, H.
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Tribun EU, Brno, Czech Republic
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Animal hygiene and sustainable livestock production. Proceedings of the XVth International Congress of the International Society for Animal Hygiene, Vienna, Austria, 3-7 July 2011, Volume 2, 2011, pp 599-1017
In the North Sea, white-beaked dolphins (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) occur regularly and are the second most common cetacean in the area, while their close relative, the Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus), prefers the deeper waters of the northern North Sea and adjacent Atlantic...
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Schick, L.; Ijsseldijk, L. L.; Grilo, M. L.; Lakemeyer, J.; Lehnert, K.; Wohlsein, P.; Ewers, C.; Prenger-Berninghoff, E.; Baumgärtner, W.; Gröne, A.; Kik, M. J. L.; Siebert, U.
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Frontiers Media S.A., Lausanne, Switzerland
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020, 6, May,
Usutu virus (USUV) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic flavivirus causing mortality in Eurasian blackbirds (Turdus merula) in Europe. In dead blackbirds, avian malaria co-infection due to mosquito-borne hemosporidians (e.g., Plasmodium spp.) has been reported. In humans, a similar co-infection of a...
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Agliani, G.; Giglia, G.; Bruin, E. de; Mastrigt, T. van; Blom, R.; Sikkema, R. S.; Kik, M.; Koopmans, M. P. G.; Gröne, A.; Brand, J. M. A. van den
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Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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One Health, 2023, 16,
Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) morbidity remains high amongst preschool children, posing a significant societal burden. Empirical data on AGE-causing agents is needed to gauge their clinical relevance and identify agent-specific targets for control. We assessed the prevalence, risk factors and...
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Heusinkveld, M.; Mughini-Gras, L.; Pijnacker, R.; Vennema, H.; Scholts, R.; Huisstede-Vlaanderen, K. W. van; Kortbeek, T.; Kooistra-Smid, M.; Pelt, W. van
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Springer-Verlag GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2016, 35, 10, pp 1691-1700