Tag Archive for PRO/AH/EDR> Squirrel pox, red squirrel – UK: (Northern Ireland)
PRO/AH/EDR> Squirrel pox, red squirrel – UK: (Northern Ireland)
Other Animal Disease -- United KingdomThere has been a squirrel pox virus outbreak among red squirrels at Tollymore Forest Park in County Down. The Department of the Environment (DoE) said it had been 5 years since the 1st recorded death due to the virus in Northern Ireland [see ProMED ref. below].The Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) said there appeared to be "little natural resistance to the virus within the local population."NIEA Wildlife Inspector Declan Looney said red squirrels in Read more [...]
