Porcine circovirus 3 (PCV3) is known to endemically circulate in domestic pigs, both in intensive and extensive settings. This virus occasionally causes reproductive and/or postnatal disease, although its full impact is currently undetermined. The appearance of such diseases is most remarkably correlated with the presence of vascular lesions consisting of periarteritis in medium and small calibre arteries, which are found in m...

The European brown hare ( Lepus europaeus ), widely distributed across Eurasia, is a key prey species for many vertebrates. Toxoplasma gondii , a globally distributed zoonotic protist, can infect all homoeothermic animals, including lagomorphs. Hares are highly susceptible, with sporadic toxoplasmosis cases reported in central and northern Europe, but its impact on southern populations remains unclear. Lethal toxoplasmosis was...

At least three Sarcocystis species ( S. falcatula, S. halieti and S. wobeseri –like) have been detected infecting raptorial birds. By histopathology and PCR-sequencing of the ITS1 marker, S. halieti was detected in a bearded vulture ( Gypaetus barbatus ) and a black kite ( Milvus migrans ) from the Catalonia region in North Spain. The 241 bp-long sequences obtained from the Sarcocystis organisms detected in both raptors showed...

Southern chamois ( Rupicapra pyrenaica ) is a medium-sized and gregarious mountain ungulate with populations affected by periodic outbreaks of border disease virus (BD), infectious keratoconjunctivitis (IKC), and sarcoptic mange (SM). Even though the impact of each disease on chamois populations has been described in detail, there is a lack of information about the potential impact of concomitant epidemics and the synzootic po...

Iberian ibex ( Capra pyrenaica ) is an ecologically and economically relevant medium-sized emblematic mountain ungulate. Diseases participate in the population dynamics of the species as a regulating agent, but can also threaten the conservation and viability of vulnerable population units. Moreover, Iberian ibex can also be a carrier or even a reservoir of pathogens shared with domestic animals and/or humans, being therefore...

Treponema paraluisleporidarum infects both rabbits (ecovar Cuniculus) and hares (ecovar Lepus). While the occurrence of the bacterium has previously been reported for European brown hares ( Lepus europaeus ) and domestic rabbits ( Oryctolagus cuniculus f. domestica ), there are no data available that report infection in the European context. We tested a total of 1,995 serum samples and 287 genital swabs from opportunistically...