Publications
A selection of DWHC publications are available in English and can be downloaded from this page; a complete list of DWHC publications, including leaflets and guidelines as well as the annual reports is available to download from the Dutch language page.
Popular
- Heartworm in a mute swan (Cygnus olor).
de Bruijn ND, Velkers FC & Gröne A. (2009)
Tijdschrift voor Diergeneeskunde. 2009 134(21):882-884.
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Scientific Article (peer reviewed)
- Effect of 2020–21 and 2021–22 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5 Epidemics on Wild Birds, the Netherlands. Caliendo, V., E. Kleyheeg, N. Beerens, K.C.J. Camphuysen, R. Cazemier, A.R.W. Elbers, R.A.M. Fouchier, L. Kelder, T. Kuiken, M. Leopold, R. Slaterus, M.A.H. Spierenburg, H. van der Jeugd, H. Verdaat & J.M. Rijks (2024). Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2024;30(1):50-57. doi:10.3201/eid3001.230970.
- Drivers of infection with Toxoplasma gondii genotype type II in Eurasian red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris). Sara R. Wijburg, Margriet G. E. Montizaan, Marja J. L. Kik, Maike Joeres, Garance Cardron, Christine Luttermann, Miriam Maas, Pavlo Maksimov, Marieke Opsteegh & Gereon Schares (2024). Parasites & Vectors, 17 (30).
https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-023-06068-6
- Diversity of Hepatozoon species in wild mammals and ticks in Europe. Uiterwijk, M., L. Vojta, N. Šprem, A. Beck, D. Jurković, M. Kik, G. G. Duscher, A. Hodžić, S. Reljić, H. Sprong & R. Beck. Parasites Vectors 16, 27 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-022-05626-8
Zoonotic Mutation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Virus Identified in the Brain of Multiple Wild Carnivore Species. Vreman, S., M. Kik, E. Germeraad, R. Heutink, F. Harders, M. Spierenburg, M. Engelsma, J. Rijks, J. van den Brand & N. Beerens. Pathogens 2023, 12(2), 168; https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12020168
- Signalling and responding to zoonotic threats using a One Health approach: a decade of the Zoonoses Structure in the Netherlands, 2011 to 2021. van der Giessen Joke, Vlaanderen Frits, Kortbeek Titia, Swaan Corien, van den Kerkhof Hans, Broens Els, Rijks Jolianne, Koene Miriam, De Rosa Mauro, Uiterwijk Mathilde, Augustijn-Schretlen Marieke, Maassen Catharina. . Euro Surveill. 2022;27(31):pii=2200039. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.31.2200039
- Tularemia Transmission to Humans, the Netherlands, 2011–2021. Rijks, J., A. Tulen, D. Notermans, F. Reubsaet, M. de Vries, M. Koene, C. Swaan & M. Maas. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2022 Apr; 28(4): 883–885. https://doi.org/10.3201%2Feid2804.211913
- Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus in Wild Red Foxes, the Netherlands, 2021. Rijks, J. M., H. Hesselink, P. Lollinga, R. Wesselman, P. Prins, E. Weesendorp, M. Engelsma, R. Heutink, F. Harders, M. Kik, H. Rozendaal, H. van den Kerkhof, & N. Beerens (2021). Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(11), 2960-2962. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2711.211281.
- Population genetics, invasion pathways and public health risks of the raccoon and its roundworm Baylisascaris procyonis in northwestern Europe. Maas, M., R. Tatem-Dokter, J. M. Rijks, C. Dam-Deisz, F. Franssen, H. van Bolhuis, M. Heddergott, A. Schleimer, V. Schockert, C. Lambinet, P. Hubert, T. Redelijk, R. Janssen, A. P. Lopes Cruz, I. Campos Martinez, Y. Caron, A. Linden, C. Lesenfants, J. Paternostre, J. van der Giessen & A. C. Frantz (2021). Transbound Emerg Dis. 2021 Jul 5. doi: 10.1111/tbed.14218. Online ahead of print. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34227236/
- Pathology and Pathogenesis of Eurasian Blackbirds (Turdus merula) Naturally Infected with Usutu Virus.
Giuseppe Giglia, Gianfilippo Agliani, Bas B. Oude Munnink, Reina S. Sikkema, Maria Teresa Mandara, Elvio Lepri, Marja Kik, Jooske IJzer,Jolianne M. Rijks, Christine Fast, Marion P. G. Koopmans, Monique H. Verheije, Andrea Gröne, Chantal B. E. M. Reusken and Judith M. A. van den Brand (2024). Viruses 2021, 13(8).
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/8/1481
- Circulation of Babesia Species and Their Exposure to Humans through Ixodes ricinus. Azagi, T., R.I. Jaarsma, A. Docters van Leeuwen, M. Fonville, M. Maas, F.F.J. Franssen, M. Kik, J.M. Rijks, M.G. Montizaan, M. Groenevelt, M. Hoyer, H.J. Esser, A.I. Krawczyk, D. Modrý, H. Sprong & S. Demir. (2021). Pathogens 2021, 10, 386. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10040386
- The effectiveness of bovine tuberculosis surveillance in Dutch badgers. Orrico M., G. van Schaik, A. Koets, J van den Broek, M. Montizaan, M. La Haye & J. M. Rijks 10 Jun 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) Transboundary and emerging diseases. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34110708/
- [Abstract publicatie]: Usutu Virus Infection and Plasmodium Co-Infection in Blackbirds (Turdus Merula) in the Netherlands from 2016 to 2018. Giglia G. , C.B.E.M. Reusken, F. Schaafsma, M.T. Mandara, J. Rijks,R. Sikkema, A. Gröne, M. Koopmans, M.H. Verheije, J.M.A. van den Brand (2020). Journal of Comparative Pathology, 174, p. 155. doi:10.1016/j.jcpa.2019.10.044
- Genomic monitoring to understand the emergence and spread of Usutu virus in the Netherlands, 2016-2018. Oude Munnink B.B., E. Münger, D.F. Nieuwenhuijse, R. Kohl, A. van der Linden, C.M.E. Schapendonk , H. van der Jeugd, M. Kik, J.M. Rijks, C.B.E.M. Reusken & M. Koopmans. (2020). Scientific Reports, 10(1), 2798.doi:1038/s41598-020-59692-y
- Application of the World Café method to discuss the efficiency of African swine fever control strategies in European wild boar (Sus scrofa) populations. Jori F., E. Chenais, F. Boinas, P. Busauskas, S. Dholllander, L. Fleischmann, E. Olsevskis, J.M. Rijks, K. Schulz, H.H. Thulke, A. Viltrop & K. Stahl (2020). Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 185, [105178]. doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2020.105178
- The Fourth International Symposium on Ranaviruses: Summary of North American Herpetological Content and Points of Interest. Ash L., R. Marschang, J. Rijks & A. Duffus. (2020). Journal of North American Herpetology, 1, p. 29-31. doi: 10.17161/jnah.vi.13539
- Detection of West Nile virus in a common whitethroat (Curruca communis) and Culex mosquitoes in the Netherlands, 2020. Sikkema, R.S., M. Schrama , T. van den Berg, J. Morren , E. Munger, L. Krol, J.G. van der Beek , R. Blom, I. Chestakova , A. van der Linden, M. Boter , T. van Mastrigt, R. Molenkamp, C.J.M. Koenraadt , J.M.A. van den Brand, B.B. Oude Munnink, M.P.G. Koopmans & H. van der Jeugd (2020). Euro Surveill. 2020;25(40):pii=2001704. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.40.2001704
- Lack of evidence for the presence of leprosy bacilli in red squirrels from north-west Europe. Tió-Coma M, H. Sprong, M. Kik, J.T. van Dissel, X-Y. Han, T. Pieters & A. Geluk (epub 2019). Transbound Emerg Dis. 2020; 67, p. 1032-1034. doi: 10.1111/tbed.13423
- Prosthetic valve endocarditis with Bartonella washoensis in a human European patient and its detection in Red Squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris). Loewenich F. D. von, C. Seckert, E. Dauber, M.J.L. Kik , A. de Vries, H. Sprong, K. Buschmann, M.L. Aardema & M. Brandstetter (epub 2019). J Clin Microbiol., 58(1). pii: e01404-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01404-19.
- Anaplasma phagocytophilum evolves in geographical and biotic niches of vertebrates and ticks. Jaarsma R.I., H. Sprong, K. Takumi, M. Kazimirova, C. Silaghi, A. Mysterud, I. Rudolf, R. Beck, G. Földvári, L. Tomassone, M. Groenevelt, R.R. Everts, J.M. Rijks, F. Ecke, B. Hörnfeldt, D. Modrý, K. Majerová, J. Votýpka & A. Estrada-Peña (2019). Parasite Vector., 12 (1), 328. doi: 1186/s13071-019-3583-8
- Phylogeographic Distribution of Human and Hare Francisella Tularensis Subsp. Holarctica Strains in the Netherlands and Its Pathology in European Brown Hares (Lepus Europaeus). Koene M., J. Rijks, M. Maas, R. Ruuls, M. Engelsma, P.r van Tulden, M. Kik, J. IJzer, D. Notermans, M.de Vries, E. Fanoy, R. Pijnacker, M. Spierenburg, H. Bavelaar, H. Berkhout, S.Sankatsing, R. Diepersloot, K.Myrtennas, M.Granberg, M. Forsman, H.J. Roest & A.Gröne (2019). Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol., 11 February 2019
- Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus Antibodies in Roe Deer, the Netherlands. Rijks, J. M., M.G.E. Montizaan, N. Bakker, A. de Vries, S. van Gucht, C. Swaan, J. van den Broek, A. Gröne. & H. Sprong (2019). Emerging Infectious Diseases. 25, 2, p. 342-345 4 p..
- Proposed attributes of national wildlife health programmes.
Stephen C., J. Sleeman, N, Nguyen, P. Zimmer, J.P. Duff, D. Gravier-Widén, T. Grillo, H. Lee, J.Rijks, M.P. Ryser-Degiorgis, T. Tana & M. Uhart (2018). Rev. Sci. Tech. Off. Int. Epiz, 2018, 37 (3),
- Role of mustelids in the life-cycle of ixodid ticks and transmission cycles of four tickborne pathogens.
Hofmeester T.R., A. I. Krawczyk, A. Docters van Leeuwen, M. Fonville, M. G. E. Montizaan, K. van den Berge, J. Gouwy, S. C. Ruyts, K. Verheyen & H. Sprong (2018). Parasites & Vectors 2018 Nov 20;11(1):600. doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-3126-8.
- Ranavirus genotypes in the Netherlands and their potential association with virulence in water frogs (Pelophylax spp.). Saucedo B., J. Hughes, A. Spitzen-van der Sluijs, N. Kruithof, M. Schills, J.M. Rijks, M. Jacinto-Maldonado, N. Suarez, O.L.M. Haenen, M. Voorbergen-Laarman, J. van den Broek, M. Gilbert, A. Gröne, S.J. van Beurden & M.H. Verheije (2018). Emerg Microbes Infect. 2018 Apr 4;7(1):56. doi: 10.1038/s41426-018-0058-5
- Environmental surveillance during an outbreak of tularaemia in hares, the Netherlands, 2015. Janse I. M. Maas, J.M. Rijks, M. Koene, T.Q.J. van der Plaats, M. Engelsma, P. van der Tas, M. Braks, A. Stroo, D.W. Notermans, M.C. de Vries, F. Reubsaet, E. Fanoy, C. Swaan, M.J.L. Kik, J. IJzer, R.I. Jaarsma, S. van Wieren, A.M. de Roda-Husman, M. van Passel, H.J. Roest, J. van der Giessen. Environmental surveillance during an outbreak of tularaemia in hares, the Netherlands, 2015. Euro Surveill. 2017;22(35):pii=30607. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.35.30607
- Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus in Ticks and Roe Deer, the Netherlands. Jahfari, S., A. de Vries, J.M. Rijks, S. van Gucht, H. Vennema, H.Sprong & B. Rockx (2017). Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Jun. DOI: 10.3201/eid2306.161247
- Widespread activity of multiple lineages of Usutu virus, western Europe, 2016. Cadar D., R. Lühken, H. van der Jeugd, M. Garigliany, U. Ziegler, M. Keller, J. Lahoreau, L. Lachmann, N. Becker, M. Kik, B.B. Oude Munnink, S. Bosch, E. Tannich, A. Linden, V. Schmidt, M.P. Koopmans, J. Rijks, D. Desmecht, M.H. Groschup, C. Reusken & J. Schmidt-Chanasit Euro Surveill. 2017;22(4):pii=30452. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.4.30452
Received:25 November 2016; Accepted:11 January 2017
- Widespread Usutu virus outbreak in birds in the Netherlands, 2016. Rijks J., M. Kik, R. Slaterus , R. Foppen, A. Stroo , J. IJzer, J. Stah, A. Gröne, M. Koopmans, H. van der Jeugd, C. Reusken (2016). Euro Surveill. 2016;21(45):pii=30391. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.45.30391
- Implementing wildlife disease surveillance in the Netherlands, a One Health approach. Maas M., A. Gröne, T. Kuiken, G. van Schaik, H.J. Roest & J.W. van Der Giessen (2016). Revue Scientifique et Technique 2016 Dec;35(3):863-874. doi: 10.20506/rst.35.3.2575.
- First findings of Trichinella spiralis and DNA of Echinococcus multilocularis in wild raccoon dogs in the Netherlands. Miriam Maas, Sanne van den End, Annika van Roon, Jaap Mulder, Frits Franssen, Cecile Dam-Deisz, Margriet Montizaan, Joke van der Giessen (2016). Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2016.09.001
- Monitoring Ranavirus-Associated Mortality in a Dutch Heathland in the Aftermath of a Ranavirus Disease Outbreak. Sluijs A.S., J. van den Broek, M. Kik, A. Martel, J. Janse, F. van Asten, F. Pasmans, A. Gröne & J.M. Rijks. J Wildl Dis. 2016 Jul 25. [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: 10.7589/2015-04-104
- Investigation of Amphibian Mortality Events in Wildlife Reveals an On-Going Ranavirus Epidemic in the North of the Netherlands. Rijks JM, Saucedo B, Spitzen-van der Sluijs A, Wilkie GS, van Asten AJAM, van den Broek J, et al (2016). PLoS ONE 11(6): e0157473. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157473
- Toxoplasma gondii infection in wild red squirrels, the Netherlands, 2014 [letter]. Kik M, IJzer J, Opsteegh M, Montizaan M, Dijkstra V, et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Dec. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2112.141711
- Anisakis spp. (Nematoda: Anisakidae) induced granulomatous dermatitis in a harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena and a bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncates.
van Beurden, S.J., L.L. IJsseldijk, H.J.W.M. Cremers, A.Gröne, M.H. Verheije & L. Begeman (2015). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms Jan 15;112(3):257-63, DOI: 10.3354/dao02818
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- Complete genome sequence of a common midwife toad virus-like ranavirus associated with mass mortalities in wild amphibians in the Netherlands. van Beurden S.J., J. Hughes, B. Saucedo, J. Rijks, M. Kik, O.L. Haenen, M.Y. Engelsma, A. Gröne A, M.H. Verheije & G. Wilkie (2014). Genome Announc. 2014 Dec 24;2(6). pii: e01293-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01293-14.
- Exposing the grey seal as a major predator of harbour porpoises.
Leopold,M.F., L. Begeman, J.D.L. van Bleijswijk, L.L. IJsseldijk, H.J. Witte & A.Gröne (2014).
Proceedings of the Royal Society Biology, DOI 10.1098/rspb.2014.2429
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- A Record of Twin Fetuses in a Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) Stranded on the Dutch Coast.
Lonneke L. IJsseldijk, Andrea Gröne, Sjoukje Hiemstra, Jeroen Hoekendijk, Lineke Begeman (2014)
Journal of Aquatic Mammals 40(4), 394-397, DOI 10.1578/AM.40.4.2014.394
- Apparent Emergence of Bow-Caught Fin Whales (Balaenoptera physalus) Found in the Netherlands.
IJsseldijk L.L., J. Steenbergen, A. Gröne, S. Hiemstra, M.J.L. Kik & L. Begeman (2014)
Journal of Aquatic Mammals 40(4), 317-321, DOI 10.1578/AM.40.4.2014.317
- Detection of grey seal Halichoerus grypus DNA in attack wounds on stranded harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena.
van Bleijswijk, J.D.L. L. Begeman, H.J. Witte, L.L. IJsseldijk, S.M.J.M. Brasseur, A.Gröne & M.F. Leopold (2014)
Marine Ecology Progress Series 513, 277–281, DOI 10.3354/meps11004
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- Bushmeat genetics: setting up a reference framework for the DNA-typing of African forest bushmeat.
Gaubert P, Njiokou F, Olayemi A, Pagani P, Dufour S, Danquah E, Nutsuakor ME, Ngua G, Missoup AD, Tedesco PA, Dernat R & Antunes A. (2014). Mol Ecol Resour. 2014 Sep 26. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12334. [Epub ahead of print]
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- Circulation of four Anaplasma phagocytophilum ecotypes in Europe.
Jahfari S, Coipan EC, Fonville M, van Leeuwen AD, Hengeveld P, Heylen D, Heyman P, van Maanen C, Butler CM, Földvári G, Szekeres S, van Duijvendijk G, Tack W, Rijks JM, van der Giessen J, Takken W, van Wieren SE, Takumi K, Sprong H.
Parasit Vectors. 2014 Aug 15;7:365. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-365.
- High-throughput sequencing reveals inbreeding depression in a natural population.
Hoffman JI, Simpson F, David P, Rijks JM, Kuiken T, Thorne MA, Lacy RC, Dasmahapatra KK.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Mar 11;111(10):3775-80. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1318945111.
Epub 2014 Feb 28.
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No proof for usutuvirus as cause of death in songbirds in the Netherlands (fall 2012)
Reusken C, Zutt I, Kik M, Cleton N, Rijks J, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Gröne A, Koopmans M, Ijzer J.
Tijdschr Diergeneeskd. 2014 Mar 1;139(3):28-30.
- The first wolf found in the Netherlands in 150 years was the victim of a wildlife crime. Gravendeel, B., G.A. de Groot, M. Kik, K. Beentjes, H. Bergman, R. Caniglia, H. Cremers, E. Fabbri, D. Groenenberg, A. Grone, G.W.T.A. Groot Bruinderink, I.Font, J. Hakhof, V. Harms, H.A.H. Jansman, R. Janssen, D.R. Lammertsma, I. Laros, L. Linnartz, D. van der Marel, J.L. Mulder, S. van der Mije, A.M. Nieman, C. Nowak, E. Randi, M. Rijks, A. Speksnijder & H.B. Vonhof (2013). Lutra 56 (2013)2. - ISSN 0024-7634 - p. 93 - 109.
- Tularaemia in a brown hare (Lepus europaeus) in 2013: first case in the Netherlands in 60 years.
Rijks J.M., M. Kik, M.G. Koene, M.Y. Engelsma, P van Tulden, M.G. Montizaan, T. Oomen, M.A. Spierenburg, J. IJzer, J.W. van der Giessen, A. Gröne & H.J. Roest. (2013). Euro Surveill. 2013 Dec 5;18(49). pii: 20655.
Euro Surveill. 2013 Dec 5;18(49). pii: 20655.
- Coxiella burnetii Infection in Roe Deer during Q Fever Epidemic, the Netherlands
Rijks JM, Roest HIJ, van Tulden PW, Kik MJL, IJzer J, Gröne A. (2011)
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011, 17 (12): 2369 - 2370
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- Ranavirus-associated mass mortality in wild amphibians, The Netherlands, 2010: A first report.
Kik M, Martel A, Spitzen-van der Sluijs A, Pasmans F, Wohlsein P, Gröne A & Rijks JM (2011).
The Veterinary Journal, 2011, 190: 284–286
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- Beta2-toxin of Clostridium perfringens in a hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) with enteritis.
Nikolaou GN, Kik MJ, van Asten AJ & Gröne A. (2009)
Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 2009, 40(4):806-8.
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- Stage-structured transmission of phocine distemper virus in the Dutch 2002 outbreak.
Klepac P, Pomeroy LW, Bjørnstad ON, Kuiken T, Osterhaus AD & Rijks JM. (2009)
Proc Biol Sci. 2009 Jul 7; 276(1666):2469-7
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- Quantitative analysis of the 2002 phocine distemper epidemic in the Netherlands.
Rijks JM, Read FL, van de Bildt MW, van Bolhuis HG, Martina BE, Wagenaar JA, van der Meulen K, Osterhaus AD & Kuiken T. (2008)
Veterinary Pathology, 2008, 45(4):516-30.
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- Heterozygosity and lungworm burden in harbour seals (Phoca vitulina).
Rijks JM, Hoffman JI, Kuiken T, Osterhaus AD & Amos W. (2008)
Heredity,2008, 100(6):587-93.
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- Fatal enterocolitis in harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) caused by infection with Eimeria phocae.
van Bolhuis GH, Philippa JD, Gajadhar AA, Osterhaus AD & Kuiken T. (2007). Veterinary Record, 2007,160(9):297-300.
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- Confirmation and phylogenetic analysis of rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus in free-living rabbits from the Netherlands. van de Bildt MW, van Bolhuis GH, van Zijderveld F, van Riel D, Drees JM, Osterhaus AD & Kuiken T. (2006). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2006, 42(4):808-12.
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- Phocine distemper outbreak, The Netherlands, 2002.
Rijks JM, Van de Bildt MW, Jensen T, Philippa JD, Osterhaus AD & Kuiken T (2005). Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005, 11(12):1945-8.
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- Obliterative endophlebitis in mute swans (Cygnus olor) caused by Trichobilharzia sp. (Digenea: Schistosomatidae) infection. van Bolhuis GH, Rijks JM, Dorrestein GM, Rudolfova J, van Dijk M & Kuiken T. (2004). Veterinary Pathology, 2004, 41(6):658-65.
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