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Distemper virus as a cause of central nervous disease and death in badgers ( Meles meles ) in Denmark
Author(s) -
Hammer A. S.,
Dietz H. H.,
Andersen T. H.,
Nielsen L.,
BlixenkroneMoeller M.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.154.17.527
Subject(s) - canine distemper , badger , meles , virus , pneumonia , disease , population , medicine , virology , biology , pathology , ecology , environmental health
During the summer of 2002 a distemper‐like disease was observed in the free‐ranging badger population in Denmark. It was characterised by grand seizures, abnormal behaviour and death; the badgers all had severe chronic pneumonia and some had non‐suppurative encephalomyelitis. In this study, eight of the affected badgers were examined by gross pathological, histological, immunohistological, bacteriological, parasitological and virological methods, and were diagnosed with distemper; canine distemper virus was identified.