In 2011 five wildlife carcasses (a female hare, male crow, male lesser-black-backed gull, and juvenile male and female buzzards) found within 300m of each other were submitted to the DWHC for post-mortem investigation.
In May 2010 a dead adult male stock dove (Columba oenas) was found in the Dutch town of Hilversum and the fresh cadaver was submitted to the DWHC for post-mortem investigation.
In June 2011 an adult male great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) found in the Dutch coastal town of Muidenberg, was submitted to the DWHC for post-mortem investigation.
Avian malaria is caused by different sorts of the plasmodium parasite which differ to those that affect man. Infected birds may die suddenly or otherwise show general malaise with fever or hypothermia (sitting with puffed up feathers), respiratory difficulty, and dehydration. Avian malaria is spread by mosquitoes,
This project will involve the retrospective analysis of stored serum and tissue samples from deer previously submitted to the DWHC for post-mortem investigation, for the presence of infection with the bacterial cause of Q-fever, Coxiella burnetti.
In February 2011 an adult female hare which was in poor condition and had lost its flight reflex was euthanised and submitted to the DWHC for post-mortem investigation. The hare died from septicemia (blood poisoning) secondary to the severe, systemic infection with Y. pseudotuberculosis.
Researchers at the Dutch Wildlife Health Centre (DWHC) at the University of Utrecht Vet School report the first identified case of ranavirus in wild frogs in the Netherlands.
In September 2010, ranavirus spp. infection was responsible for mass die-offs amongst species of green frogs (Pelophylax spp.) and smooth newts in the Dwingelderveld National Park. This was the first identified case of ranavirus in the Netherlands to be reported in the Read more
This project will assess the health status of deer killed on the roads in Utrecht in 2010 and submitted to the DWHC for post-mortem investigation in order to shed light on a possible cause for the increase in collisions.
A male green finch (Carduelis chloris) was seen to be sitting with ruffled feathers and slime on its beak shortly before dying and being submitted to the DWHC for post-mortem investigation.
