Environmental Exposure of Wild Carnivores to Zoonotic Pathogens: Leptospira Infection in the First Free Living Wolf ( Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758) found Dead in the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region
Leptospirosis is a worldwide-spread zoonosis causing disease and death in dogs and in humans. A Leptospiral infection has been recorded in several wild carnivore species in Europe, but tissue pathological changes were not commonly described. The Grey wolf ( Canis lupus ) has been expanding its distr...
Published in: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052512 https://doaj.org/article/e523a7c10c2041a6bc902eac971a4de5 |