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last update: 30/04/2013

 

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    The BWDS is an independently working organisation, not related to any official instance, uniting scientists and practitioners in order to promote research and to exchange information in the field of wildlife diseases in Belgium. ...

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    • Wildlife mortality events !!!

     

    Important wildlife mortality events in which large numbers of animals are found death require thorough expert investigation for risk assessment and surveillance purposes. Anyone observing abnormal wildlife mortality incidents is requested to communicate this urgently to the BWDS  info@bwds.be who will take the necessary steps to contact the experts of concern and the competent authorities where necessary. Furthermore, the BWDS will try to coordinate the communication about the incident.

      

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

      Latest news !!!

       

      BELGIUM

       

      - Schmallenbergvirus in wild cervids (BBC News, info from Belgium)

      - Schmallenberg virus in wild cervids, southern Belgium

      - Leptospirosis in boy scouts, province of Luxemburg

      - Swimmers itch (Trichobilharzia occelata)

      - Brucella suis, serovar 2, in cattle in Belgium

       

      EUROPE

       

      -Seabirds affected by second wave of sticky pollution could reach thousands, UK

      - "Chink in the Armor" of Schmallenberg virus identified

      - Seological confirmation in Schmallenbergvirus in wild British deer

      - Explosive spread of a neuroinvasive lineage of WNV 2 in Central Europe 2008/2009

      - Detection of Rickettsia helvetica in ticks collected from European hedgehogs 

      - Species diversity and abundance of ticks in southern Italy

      - Parvovirus in wild carnivores in Portugal

      - Reducing European wild boar population density as a measure for bovine tuberculosis control (Spain)

      - Dermacentor reticulatus and canine babesiosis in the Swiss midlands

      - Tick-borne pathogens in roe deer and ticks in southern Germany

      - Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in the Eurasian otter in England and Wales

       - EAA releases reports on invasive species

      - Spatial spread and demographic expansion of Lyme borreliosis spirochaetes in Eurasia

      - Tracing the origin of Usutu virus

      - Schmallenberg in wild cervids in France

       

      WORLD

       

      - The impact of the nations most widely used insecticides on birds

      - Snake Fungal Disease (SFD) in the US

      - Hepatitis C -like viruses identified in rodents and bats

      - OIE Press Release on Avian Influenza H7N9 in China

      - China eyes birds as H7N9 source as human cases rise to 33

      - Bird Flu H7N9 death toll in humans, China

      - A comparison of bats and rodents as reservoirs of zoonotic viruses : are bats special ?

      - Devastating decline of forest elephants in Central Africa

      - Biodiversity does not reduce transmission of disease from animals to humans, Stanford researchers find

      - CWD surveillance in Saskatchewan, Canada - Winter 2012-2013

      - Lead-free hunting rifle ammunition : product avilability, price, effectiveness, role in conservation

      - Oil additive polymer PIB may be responsible for seabird deaths

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