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Descriptive epizootiological study of European brown hare syndrome in Sweden.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8383252     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A study on descriptive epizootiology of the viral necrotising hepatitis of hares, European brown hare syndrome (EBHS) was conducted in Sweden. Two thousand eight hundred eighteen hares were necropsied between 1980 and 1989. European brown hare syndrome was diagnosed histologically in 234 (14%) of 1644 European brown hares (Lepus europaeus) and 26 (3%) of 958 varying hares (Lepus timidus). Most cases occurred in October, November, and December. In 1980, the first cases were recorded on the island Gotland and in 1981 EBHS occurred on the mainland in the south of Sweden. In the following years it spread northward up to the Nordic limit (Limes norrlandicus), which marks the transition of climate, topography, fauna and flora, between central Sweden and Norrland. By 1989 EBHS was restricted to the southern terrain, overlapping the distribution of the population of European brown hares, and it occurred in 23.2% of the hares received for post-mortem examination at the National Veterinary Institute of Sweden.
Authors:
D Gavier-Widén; T Mörner
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of wildlife diseases     Volume:  29     ISSN:  0090-3558     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Wildl. Dis.     Publication Date:  1993 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1993-04-02     Completed Date:  1993-04-02     Revised Date:  2003-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0244160     Medline TA:  J Wildl Dis     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  15-20     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Wildlife Diseases, National Veterinary Institute, Uppsala, Sweden.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Age Factors
Animals
Caliciviridae Infections / epidemiology,  immunology,  veterinary*
Disease Outbreaks / veterinary*
Disease Susceptibility
Female
Lagomorpha*
Male
Seasons
Sweden / epidemiology
Syndrome

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