title: [Bacteriological studies of the problem "Epidemic losses in hares and deer in habitats with high cultivation of 00-rapeseed"].
abstract: Within the scope of the research work for possible reasons of the so-called "wildlife mortality" more than 900 specimens of 440 animals (183 hares, 153 deer, 14 rabbits found dead, and 98 hares and 6 deer shot by hunters) were checked for the presence of Clostridia in inner organs. The results show that in 40.3% of the animals found dead but only in 13.3% of the hunted hares Clostridia were to be found. Out of the isolated Clostridia strains 24.4% could not be identified; potentially pathogenic species were found in 78.3% of isolates of hares, 81.7% of those of deer and in 9.2% of those of hunted hares. 23.9% of the isolates were C. perfringens. Considering the known epizootiology of clostridioses it can be concluded that clostridia certainly play a role in losses of wildlife, as well in hares as in deer. Triggering factors could lie in the kind of feed which is available for animals in modern agrarian landscape. During the critical period in autumn and winter there are mainly crop plants like rapeseed, wheat and barley only available for wildlife.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pflanzenbau und Tierhygiene in den Tropen und Subtropen der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Böhnel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gonzales
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heine
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heitefuss
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Margan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schnelle
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Seifert
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sukop
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001937:Brassica; D002423:Cause of Death; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary*; D003670:Deer; D005506:Food Contamination; D007793:Lagomorpha; D008322:Mammals
vernacular_title: Bakteriologische Untersuchungen zur Frage "Seuchenhafte Verluste bei Hasen und Rehen an Standorten mit Hoher Anbaudichte von 00-Raps".