Species: Ungulates

Several sorts of ungulate are found in the Netherlands including red deer, roe deer, fallow deer and wild boar. In some areas wild sheep are found and sightings of Muntjac deer are occasionally reported.

Disease general

No diseases found.

Research results

• Results ‘focus species’ 2018: the roe deer (12/08/2019)
• Wild boar mortality Veluwe 2019 (02/07/2019)
• 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)
• Skin lesions in a red deer (28/02/2017)
• 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)

General news

• 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

• Application of the World Café method to discuss the efficiency of African swine fever control strategies in European wild boar (Sus scrofa) populations. Jori F., E. Chenais, F. Boinas, P. Busauskas, S. Dholllander, L. Fleischmann, E. Olsevskis, J.M. Rijks, K. Schulz, H.H. Thulke, A. Viltrop & K. Stahl (2020).  Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 185, [105178]. doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2020.105178
• 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
• Factsheet African Swine Fever 2017
• 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