European brown hare syndrome virus and other lagoviruses of interest.

This focus article was prepared by Paul Duff of the APHA Wildlife Expert Group, with support from David Everest (APHA Pathology Department), Lucy Martindale (APHA Surveillance Intelligence Unit), Alex Barlow (Wildlife Network for Disease Surveillance), Mara Rocchi (Moredun Research Institute) and Antonio Lavazza (Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna, Italy).

Retrospective analysis of necrotizing typhlitis cases associated with spp. in British rheas.

This paper describes a retrospective analysis of necrotizing typhlitis in common rheas () diagnosed in the United Kingdom by the Animal & Plant Health Agency (APHA). From January 2008 to January 2020, seven cases of spirochaetal typhlitis associated with spp. were identified using the Veterinary Investigation Diagnosis Analysis database.

An outbreak of bovine babesiosis in February, 2019, triggered by above average winter temperatures in southern England and co-infection with Babesia divergens and Anaplasma phagocytophilum.

Background: Bovine babesiosis, commonly known as redwater fever, is a sporadic tick-borne disease in the United Kingdom. Outbreaks occur during the spring, summer and autumn months when ticks are active. This study reports the findings of an investigation of an outbreak of bovine babesiosis during the winter month of February, 2019.

Spindle Cell Tumor in a Brown Long-eared Bat ().

Most reports of neoplasia in bats are in captive Egyptian fruit bats (), a megachiropteran species. Only three reports of neoplasia in microchiropteran species have been reported. We report the detection of a tumor in a wild brown long-eared bat (), a microchiropteran species, in England.

20 years of national wildlife disease surveillance.

The need for wildlife surveillance is as great now as it ever has been. Here, members of the APHA's Diseases of Wildlife Scheme explain why their work is important.

White-nose syndrome fungus (Geomyces destructans) in bats, Europe.

White-nose syndrome is an emerging disease in North America that has caused substantial declines in hibernating bats. A recently identified fungus (Geomyces destructans) causes skin lesions that are characteristic of this disease. Typical signs of this infection were not observed in bats in North America before white-nose syndrome was detected.

The detection of Mycoplasma (formerly Eperythrozoon) wenyonii by 16S rDNA PCR and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis.

Although the role of Mycoplasma wenyonii in disease is still subject to some debate, infections have been reported to result in parasitaemia, anaemia, scrotal and hind limb oedema, tachycardia, pyrexia, infertility, swollen teats, prefemoral lymphadenopathy and decreased milk production. Previously, diagnosis of M. wenyonii has been based on blood smears but is not specific for M.