Ranieri Verin

TL;DR: To assess the presence of viral infection in Italian red foxes, thirty-two subjects shot during the regular hunting season were sampled and tested using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay capable of distinguishing between CAdV type 1 and type 2, and cloning of the virus detected has revealed a possible coinfection involving two different C adenovirus strains, raising new questions about the pathogenic role of CadV-2 in wildlife.

TL;DR: During the 2007–2008 hunting season, 150 spleen samples were collected from free-ranging red foxes in central Italy and DNA of Ehrlichia canis, which causes the monocytic ehrlichiosis in canids, was tested by two nested PCR assays.

TL;DR: It is confirmed that HEV is endemic in the wild boar population in the research area and that these wild animals could play an important role in the epidemiology of HEV infection.

TL;DR: Red foxes result to be involved in the cycle of vector-borne pathogens that are associated to disease in dogs and humans.

TL;DR: This field study confirms that PrV infection is widespread in the wild boar population in the study area, and the high prevalence of virus in genital swabs supports venereal transmission in adult feral boars.