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News 18.8.2015 10:22 | updated 18.8.2015 10:32
Handle with care: Dead hares signal tularaemia outbreak
Researchers stress that care must be taken when moving a hare carcass, as the bacteria can be deadly to humans as well.
A spike in the number of hare carcasses found in the Oulu region points to a surge in cases of tularaemia, also known as rabbit fever or deer fly fever. Researcher Marja Isomursu at the Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira?s Oulu office says that more than 10 cases of the disease have been confirmed in the city recently. She says more reports of dead leporids are coming in all the time.
There were no certified cases of the illness ? which can be fatal to many animals, including humans ? in the region over the past couple of summers, she says. This year they began coming in around mid-July. The level now is the highest since 2007-08...
News 18.8.2015 10:22 | updated 18.8.2015 10:32
Handle with care: Dead hares signal tularaemia outbreak
Researchers stress that care must be taken when moving a hare carcass, as the bacteria can be deadly to humans as well.
A spike in the number of hare carcasses found in the Oulu region points to a surge in cases of tularaemia, also known as rabbit fever or deer fly fever. Researcher Marja Isomursu at the Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira?s Oulu office says that more than 10 cases of the disease have been confirmed in the city recently. She says more reports of dead leporids are coming in all the time.
There were no certified cases of the illness ? which can be fatal to many animals, including humans ? in the region over the past couple of summers, she says. This year they began coming in around mid-July. The level now is the highest since 2007-08...