Archive: November 2023

Avian influenza is circulating again among wild birds in the Netherlands. In November, the virus was detected in birds in the provinces of Gelderland, Friesland, Groningen, and Utrecht.

For the first time in the Netherlands, tularemia has been confirmed in a wild red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris). The squirrel was found sick in early October 2023 in the municipality of Bunnik, province of Utrecht, and died shortly thereafter. The squirrel was collected by the DWHC for post-mortem investigation.