Archive: February 2015

The mute swan (Cygnus olor) has been chosen as the DWHC focus species for 2015. 

Friesland is the fifth province in which tularemia has been found in hares. Two hares from the centre of the province were submitted to the Dutch Wildlife Health Centre (DWHC) for post-mortem exam. Tularemia was initially suspected based on lesions seen in the liver and was later confirmed by molecular tests