Publications

first cases of squirrelpox in red squirrels (sciurus vulgaris) in scotland.	squirrelpox, caused by a poxvirus, is a major threat to the remaining uk red squirrel population. the spread of antibody-positive grey squirrels has been monitored in the uk for the past decade. in 2005 grey squirrels that had been exposed to the virus appeared in the south of scotland for the first time, followed approximately two years later by the appearance of squirrelpox disease in the local red squirrels. four squirrels were examined. they all had gross external lesions and histological le ...	2009	19395718
adenovirus in a red squirrel (sciurus vulgaris) from scotland.		2010	20675636
epidemiological and postmortem findings in 262 red squirrels (sciurus vulgaris) in scotland, 2005 to 2009.	postmortem and virological examinations for squirrelpox virus (sqpv) were carried out on 262 red squirrels (sciurus vulgaris) found dead or moribund in scotland between september 2005 and july 2009, to determine the likely causes of death and highlight factors that might be threats to the red squirrel population. most of the squirrels were submitted from dumfries and galloway, and 71 per cent of them were adults. road traffic accidents, squirrelpox, trauma or starvation were responsible for deat ...	2010	20729517
red squirrels in the british isles are infected with leprosy bacilli.	leprosy, caused by infection with mycobacterium leprae or the recently discovered mycobacterium lepromatosis, was once endemic in humans in the british isles. red squirrels in great britain (sciurus vulgaris) have increasingly been observed with leprosy-like lesions on the head and limbs. using genomics, histopathology, and serology, we found m. lepromatosis in squirrels from england, ireland, and scotland, and m. leprae in squirrels from brownsea island, england. infection was detected in overt ...	2016	27846605