Species: Roe deer

Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) are the smallest members of the deer family native to the Netherlands and are found throughout the country. Individuals typically weigh between 15 and 30 kg (size-wise, they are comparable to a large breed of dog).

More information about roe deer can be found on the website of the Dutch organisation for research and protection of native mammal (Zoogdiervereniging).

Disease general

• Anaplasmosis
• Demodicosis
• Q fever
• Haemonchosis (verminosis)
• Schmallenberg
• Tick-borne encephalitis
• Trueperella pyogenes
• Tuberculosis

Research results

• Roe deer with deer botfly (02/08/2023)
• Results ‘focus species’ 2018: the roe deer (12/08/2019)
• Fawns fatal to doe (29/05/2019)
• Breast lump in roe deer due to sweat gland cancer (16/11/2018)
• Indication that Tick-borne encephalitis virus is present at several locations in the Netherlands. (11/07/2018)
• Meningitis cause of abnormal behaviour in Roe deer (05/07/2017)
• Killed by an acorn! (22/12/2016)
• Demodex mites associated with alopecia in deer (31/03/2016)
• Antibodies to Schmallenberg virus found in deer (15/03/2013)
• 2010 – 2011: A retrospective look at Q-fever in deer (15/06/2011)
• 2010: Health status of roadkill deer in Utrecht province (29/12/2010)
• Unusual tumor in the nasal cavity of a deer (01/06/2009)

Overige berichten

• The roe deer: DWHC focus species 2018 (17/01/2018)
• 2009 – 2010: National surveillance of infection and disease in deer with epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus infection (pilot) (25/11/2009)

Publications

• 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.. 
• 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
• 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 Klik hier voor meer informatie