Other Animal Disease — France
A young 18-month-old munsterlander was killed by the Aujeszky’s disease virus after a hunt in Moselle. The virus, most often fatal, is transmitted from wild boars to domestic carnivores. A vaccination exists for breeding pigs, not for the wild boar. Hunting dogs are therefore particularly vulnerable to Aujeszky’s disease, a herpesvirus that is almost always deadly.
“We hunted on [Sat 9 Feb 2019] and [Sun 10 Feb 2019] at Troisfontaines, then the next day at Zimming. [Thu 14 Feb 2019],
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