Species: Mustelids

Photo banner: Dick Pasman

Disease general

European polecat kills rabbit, then dies of injuries inflicted by the rabbit (12/01/2023)
Badger with lung tumor (15/07/2019)
Results focus species 2017: Weasel and stoat (15/02/2018)
Distemper in a stone marten (23/02/2017)
No evidence of tuberculosis in badgers in the Netherlands (08/07/2015)
Toxoplasma in a stone marten (21/04/2015)
Minutes of the badger meeting 5th April 2014 (01/05/2014)

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
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/
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.