Archive: May 2017

In the autumn of 2016 the Usutu virus was responsible for the death of large numbers of blackbirds as well as captive Snowy owls and Lapland owls. The last Usutu virus activity was recorded that November.

The greenfinch and other species of finch were the focus species of the Dutch Wildlife Health Centre DWHC in 2016. These species were chosen in order to shed light on the presence of trichomonas infection in greenfinches and other finch sorts in the Netherlands.