Norwegian rat (Rattus norvegicus) is a common synanthropic species in Finland. Rats are categorised as pests, and municipalities have an important role in controlling them, since municipalities are responsible for providing a healthy living environment for their inhabitants. Municipal rat...

We studied the meat inspection findings of farmed and wild game in Finland in 2008-2012 using a survey sent to the official veterinarians of the Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira and of municipalities. Information on meat inspection findings of game has not been collected in a centralised manner...

The Finnish wild boar population has increased considerably during recent years. Wild boars have been reported to be reservoirs of many infectious diseases in Europe. Currently African swine fever is the most important one of these, but reported diseases include also other pathogens that are listed ...

Neospora caninum protozoa is globally acknowledged as one of the major causes of bovine abortions. The main host of Neospora are canids; ruminants, birds and rodents - or dogs - among other animals can act as intermediate hosts. Cattle can get infection through feed or water contaminated with dogs' ...

The clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment of Knemidokoptes pilae infection around the beak of a 5-year-old budgerigar in Finland [date not given] are described.

African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious haemorrhagic fever of domestic and wild Suidae. ASF has considerable socio-economic consequences. There is no vaccine against ASF. African swine fever virus is a DNA virus of genus Asfarviridae. ASF is not a zoonosis. The acute form of ASF leads to a ...

Rabies is a globally important disease for the animal as well as the public health. Finland has been free from rabies since 1991. Since then, rabies has only been diagnosed in two imported animals. Despite control measures, rabies is still present in Europe, especially in Eastern Europe, Baltic...

A rare case of a death in a cichlid (Pseudotropheus saulosi) due to acute circulatory failure caused by migration of a larval stage of a nematode (Contracaecum sp.) into the pericardial sac, is described.

Salmonella is rare in Finnish production animals. At most, 1% of the specimens have been positive for salmonella. In the 2000s the number of human salmonella infections has decreased. However, 300-450 domestic cases are still annually detected. Domestic outbreaks occur every year. During 1995-2005, ...