Natural Infection of a European Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) with Francisella tularensis subsp. Holarctica

Simone R. R. Pisano; Sonja Kittl; Ulrike Eulenberger; Joerg Jores; Francesco C. Origgi

doi:10.7589/JWD-D-20-00182

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Simone R. R. Pisano,^1,* Sonja Kittl,² Ulrike Eulenberger,³ Joerg Jores,² Francesco C. Origgi^1,**

¹Centre for Fish and Wildlife Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Laenggassstrasse 122, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
²Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Laenggassstrasse 122, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
³Stiftung Wildstation Landshut, Schlossstrasse 21, 3427 Utzenstorf, Switzerland

^*Corresponding author (email: simone.pisano@vetsuisse.unibe.ch)
^**Current address: Institute of Animal Pathology, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Laenggassstrasse 122, 3012 Bern, Switzerland

Abstract

Postmortem examination and immunohistochemical and bacteriologic analyses on a free-ranging European red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) revealed a systemic infection with Francisella tularensis. Genome sequencing and single-nucleotide polymorphism analysis were consistent with F. tularensis subs. holarctica clade B.45. Tularemia has not previously been reported in this species.

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Simone R. R. Pisano, Sonja Kittl, Ulrike Eulenberger, Joerg Jores, and Francesco C. Origgi "Natural Infection of a European Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) with Francisella tularensis subsp. Holarctica," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 57(4), 970-973, (11 October 2021). https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-20-00182

Received: 26 October 2020; Accepted: 14 April 2021; Published: 11 October 2021

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