The zoonotic bacterium Coxiella (C.) burnetii can be excreted by infected goats through birth products and milk. The detection of C. burnetii DNA in the mammary gland tissue of infected dairy goats and intermittent milk shedders has been reported, but confirmation of C. burnetii bacteria in the udder remained pending. The pathogen caused abortions in a 152-head dairy goat herd, resulting in the vaccination against C. burnetii...

Detailed post-mortem investigations including the auditory pathway are needed to advance our understanding of how underwater noise and other stressors affect hearing in cetaceans. A 12-year-old female porpoise ( Phocoena phocoena ) stranded alive in June 2021 at the German Baltic Sea coast and died some hours later. The most significant pathological findings were lesions caused by a severe aspergillosis that spread from the lu...

Since 2008/2009, the population of free-ranging ring-necked pheasants was recorded to decrease all over Germany. Various Mycoplasma ( M .) spp. are causing severe respiratory signs in captive game bird species. Furthermore, M. gallisepticum is responsible for massive die-offs in consequence to severe conjunctivitis in house finches in the USA. Therefore, the prevalence of mycoplasmas in free-ranging pheasants was investigated...

Due to little prior knowledge, the present study aims to investigate the health status of bycaught harbour porpoises from the northernmost Arctic Norwegian coastline. Gross, histopathological and parasitological investigations were conducted on 61 harbour porpoises ( Phocoena phocoena phocoena ) accidentally captured in fishing gear from February to April 2017 along the coast of Northern Norway. Most animals displayed a good n...