| pathological and microbiological studies of japanese hare (lepus brachyurus angustidens) naturally infected with francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica. | an adult male hare (lepus brachyurus angustidens) was discovered in a moribund condition in the bush in the mountains of aomori prefecture in japan. upon gross inspection, many ticks were found on the neck and the external ear regions, and more than half the ticks contained blood in the intestine. the skin around the tick bite wounds was alopecic and mildly thickened. at necropsy, enlargement of the cervical lymph nodes and spleen were observed. histologically, acute necrotizing splenitis, lymph ... | 2009 | 20046031 |