scholarly journals Endoparasites found in European brown hares (Lepus europaeus) hunted in Macedonia, Greece

2014 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 345-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Diakou ◽  
C. Sokos ◽  
E. Papadopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Animal Species ◽  
Lepus Europaeus ◽  
Mixed Infections ◽  
Brown Hare ◽  
Southern Europe ◽  
Population Declines ◽  
European Brown Hare ◽  
Linguatula Serrata ◽  
Eimeria Spp ◽  
Hare Population

AbstractThe European brown hare (Lepus europaeus) is widespread throughout Europe with population declines in some countries. Parasites can be one of the natural regulative factors of hare population. The information about the prevalence of endoparasites of European hares in Southern Europe is limited while relevant data from Greece are lacking. Gastrointestinal tracts of 84 Lepus europaeus, hunted in Macedonia, Greece, were examined for endoparasites. Sixty two (73.8 %) of the animals were parasitized by one or multiple parasitic species. Eimeria spp. was found in 54 (64.28 %) of the gastrointestinal tracts, Trichostrongylus retortaeformis in 42 (50 %), Trichuris leporis in 18 (21.42 %), Dicrocoelium dentriticum in 8 (9.52 %), Passalurus ambiguus in 4 (4.76 %) and Protostrongylus spp. in 2 (1.22 %). Moreover, Linguatula serrata larvae were found in 16 (19.04 %) animals and Dirofilaria scapiceps in one. Mixed infections were significantly more common than single infections. Although the parasites found do not represent a threat for other animal species, under certain conditions, they may play an important role in the health status of hares.

scholarly journals A preliminary study on the detection of potential contaminants in the European brown hare (Lepus europaeus) by suspect and microplastics screening

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 100045
Author(s):  
Romana Hornek-Gausterer ◽  
Herbert Oberacher ◽  
Vera Reinstadler ◽  
Christina Hartmann ◽  
Bettina Liebmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lepus Europaeus ◽  
Brown Hare ◽  
European Brown Hare ◽  
Preliminary Study

The genetic analysis of new Polish strains of European brown hare syndrome virus

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-355
Author(s):  
E. Kwit ◽  
M. Chrobocińska ◽  
Z. Grądzki ◽  
Ł. Jarosz ◽  
B. Majer-Dziedzic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Analysis ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Brown Hare ◽  
Gene Encoding ◽  
European Brown Hare ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Provinces Of Poland ◽  
Pcr Method ◽  
European Brown Hare Syndrome ◽  
Hare Population

Abstract In this paper we describe recently occurring outbreaks of European brown hare syndrome (EBHS) in a captive hare population. The aim of our study was to evaluate the phylogenetic position of detected Polish strains compared to other European strains of EBHSV. Investigations were undertaken in hares from different provinces of Poland. Liver or spleen samples were tested for viral RNA using the RT-nested PCR method and the products were subsequently sequenced. The genetic analysis was based on the fragment of gene encoding viral capsid protein; it revealed a high homology and close relationship between Polish and European EBHSV strains isolated between 2001 and 2011

Morphologic and Immunohistochemical Characterization of the Hepatic Lesions Associated with European Brown Hare Syndrome

1994 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Gavier-Widén
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Degeneration ◽  
Lepus Europaeus ◽  
Coagulation Necrosis ◽  
Brown Hare ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
European Brown Hare ◽  
European Brown Hare Syndrome ◽  
Hepatic Lesions ◽  
Living Adult

Liver lesions were studied in 40 free-living adult European brown hares ( Lepus europaeus) and varying hares ( Lepus timidus) of both sexes that had died in Sweden with the viral infection European brown hare syndrome (EBHS). The lesions were characterized by their histopathologic, immunohistochemical, and electron microscopic findings. Periportal to massive coagulation necrosis was a distinctive feature of EBHS. Lytic necrosis, inflammation, fatty degeneration, and cholangitis occurred variably. Accumulation of basophilic granules in the cytoplasm of hepatocytes was commonly observed; these lesions corresponded ultrastructurally to mitochondrial calcification. Viral antigen was revealed in the cytoplasm and nucleus of hepatocytes and in the cytoplasm of macrophages.

The secret of Pianosa island: an Italian native population of European brown hare (Lepus europaeus meridiei Hilzheimer, 1906)

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 1513-1518 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Mengoni ◽  
V. Trocchi ◽  
N. Mucci ◽  
C. Gotti ◽  
F. Giannini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lepus Europaeus ◽  
Brown Hare ◽  
Native Population ◽  
European Brown Hare

scholarly journals Liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica) naturally infecting introduced European brown hare (Lepus europaeus) in northern Patagonia: phenotype, prevalence and potential risk

2015 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo F. Cuervo ◽  
Sophia Di Cataldo ◽  
M. Cecilia Fantozzi ◽  
Erika Deis ◽  
Gabriela Diaz Isenrath ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liver Fluke ◽  
Fasciola Hepatica ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Lepus Europaeus ◽  
Trematode Species ◽  
Brown Hare ◽  
European Brown Hare ◽  
Transmission Cycle ◽  
Northern Patagonia

AbstractFascioliasis has recently been included in the WHO list of Neglected Zoonotic Diseases. Besides being a major veterinary health problem, fascioliasis has large underdeveloping effects on the human communities affected. Though scarcely considered in fascioliasis epidemiology, it is well recognized that both native and introduced wildlife species may play a significant role as reservoirs of the disease. The objectives are to study the morphological characteristics of Fasciola hepatica adults and eggs in a population of Lepus europaeus, to assess liver fluke prevalence, and to analyze the potential reservoir role of the European brown hare in northern Patagonia, Argentina, where fascioliasis is endemic. Measures of F. hepatica found in L. europaeus from northern Patagonia demonstrate that the liver fluke is able to fully develop in wild hares and to shed normal eggs through their faeces. Egg shedding to the environment is close to the lower limit obtained for pigs, a domestic animal whose epidemiological importance in endemic areas has already been highlighted. The former, combined with the high prevalence found (14.28%), suggest an even more important role in the transmission cycle than previously considered. The results obtained do not only remark the extraordinary plasticity and adaptability of this trematode species to different host species, but also highlight the role of the European brown hare, and other NIS, as reservoirs capable for parasite spillback to domestic and native cycle, representing a potentially important, but hitherto neglected, cause of disease emergence.

scholarly journals NEW VARIANTS OF EUROPEAN BROWN HARE SYNDROME VIRUS STRAINS IN FREE-RANGING EUROPEAN BROWN HARES (LEPUS EUROPAEUS) FROM SLOVAKIA

2007 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Frölich ◽  
Jörns Fickel ◽  
Arne Ludwig ◽  
Dietmar Lieckfeldt ◽  
Wolf Jürgen Streich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lepus Europaeus ◽  
Brown Hare ◽  
European Brown Hare ◽  
European Brown Hare Syndrome ◽  
Free Ranging ◽  
Virus Strains
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