Species: Canids

All members of the family Canidae; order Carnivora; class Mammalia.

This includes, domestic dogs and a range of European wildlife species such as red foxes, raccoon dogs and the grey wolf.

Disease general

• Anaplasmosis
• Avian influenza (bird flu)
• Canine distemper
• Echinococcosis (alveolar form)
• Proteus spp.
• Rabies
• Toxoplasmosis
• Trichinellosis

Research results

• Wolf died of a bacterial infection (22/02/2024)
• Two foxes in east of Groningen diagnosed with Avian influenza virus (03/06/2021)
• Dead wolf: healthy but days without food (06/12/2017)
• Toxoplasmosis identified as cause of death in a fox (27/05/2016)
• New case of scabies in a fox in Limburg (03/12/2015)
• Fox with bacterial meningitis (30/01/2012)

Overige berichten

• Investigating causes of disease in raccoons and raccoon dogs (07/09/2017)
• Provisional results from continuing investigations into agents of disease in raccoon dogs and raccoons (22/03/2017)
• Animal found on the A28 motorway was a wild wolf (14/03/2017)
• Research into the public health risk posed by raccoon dogs and raccoons to continue in 2016 (03/03/2016)
• Zoonotic parasites found in raccoon dogs in the Netherlands – results from RIVM study (16/11/2015)
• Do raccoon dogs pose a risk to public health? Help us by reporting finding a dead raccoon dog (22/10/2014)

Publications

• 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

• 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.
• 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
• 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.