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ENETWILD is an international European consortium in which research institutions specializing in wildlife and animal diseases collaborate with a large open network of partners on questions posed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). The management and monitoring of fauna are studied, mainly in relation to
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Fox infected with canine adenovirus-1

At the end of January 2024, the DWHC received a report of a dying fox by the roadside in the city Groesbeek, which was picked up by the animal ambulance of Nijmegen. The fox was taken to a veterinarian, who euthanized the suffering animal. The DWHC collected the fox for examination.
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The beaver stays the focus species of the DWHC in 2024

As in 2023, the beaver (Castor fiber) is the focus species at DWHC in 2024. The choice for the beaver as the focus species is motivated by the desire to receive more dead beavers for research into their cause of death. This allows us to better investigate what health issues beavers may have and to gain more
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Foto van haas met roodgekleurde, kratervormige tumor op de neusbrug

Hare with a connective tissue tumour on its head

In early March 2024, a hare (Lepus europaeus) was found in the village Callantsoog, province of North-Holland, with a large growth on its head. The hare was dying. A few months earlier, another dead hare had been found at the same location, but that animal showed no external abnormalities. The dead hare with the
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Newsletter Enetwild

Enetwild is an international European consortium in which research institutions specializing in wildlife and animal diseases collaborate with a large open network of partners, addressing questions posed y the European Food Safety Agency. The management and monitoring of wildlife populations are studied, mainly in
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National surveillance of roe deer 2024

The RIVM (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment) and the DWHC are repeating their research into tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) in 2024. This virus is a zoonosis that is transmitted to humans by ticks. Tick-borne encephalitis is also
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Albania: African swine fever found in wild boars

In February 2024, African swine fever (ASF) was detected in Albania for the first time. The contagious ASF virus was found in two dead wild boars. These wild boars where found in the municipality Kükes in the North-East of Albania, nearby the border with Kosovo and North Macedonia. ASF is present in these two
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Wolf died of a bacterial infection

Foto: © vinder In November 2023 a young wolf was found dead in the mud in the woods of the Northern Veluwe, a nature reserve in the centre of the Netherlands. The animal could not free itself and died. It was brought to the Dutch Wildlife Health Centre (DHWC) in Utrecht where it was investigated by ecologists
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