| experimental infection of hare (lepus europaeus) with coxiella burnetii and rickettsia slovaca. | hares (lepus europaeus l.) infected subcutaneously (s.c.) or per os with coxiella burnetii and s.c. with rickettsia slovaca overcame an inapparent infection accompanied by irregular rickettsaemia and distribution of rickettsiae to different organs and variable antibody response. neither riskettsia could be detected in faeces of infected animals, but c. burnetii was found in the urine of one hare, which died on day 13 post infection (p.i.). antibodies against c. burnetii persisted for one year of ... | 1978 | 30267 |
| [new species of chiggers, straelensia taurica sp. n. (acarina, leeuwenhoekiidae, apoloniimae)]. | a new species of the trombiculid mites, straelensia taurica sp. n., is described. the mites were found on the hare lepus europaeus in the crimea. the new species is closely related to straelensia europaea vercoammen--grandjean et kolebinova, 1968 and s. africana vercammen--grandjean, 1971 but differs in the measurments: size (ip=558), galeal seta (ga=b) and other characters. | 1975 | 130604 |
| poxvirus fibromas on african hares. | small dermal tumors were found on three african hares (lepus capensis) in the laikipia district, kenya. gross and histopathologic studies revealed similarities to the shope's fibroma of wild rabbits in north america and fibromas of european hares. histological examination of the african hare fibromas revealed intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies characteristic of poxviruses and poxvirus virions were demonstrated by electron microscopy of ultrathin sections. attempts to propagate the virus in rabbit ... | 1977 | 199751 |
| comparative study of triacylglycerol fatty acids in milk from two leporidae species: rabbit (oryctolagus cuniculus) and hare (lepus europaeus). | 1. fatty-acid composition of hare milk triacylglycerols markedly differed from that of rabbit milk and was essentially characterized by a 2.1 times lower concentration of medium-chain fatty-acids (m.c.f.a.). 2. consequently, very high levels (greater than 70 moles %) of m.c.f.a., previously reported for rabbit milk, cannot be considered as a general characteristic of the leporidae. 3. general tendencies recorded for intramolecular fatty acid distribution in hare milk triacylglycerols agreed with ... | 1978 | 318371 |
| clonal characteristics of experimentally induced "atherosclerotic" lesions in the hybrid hare. | the female hybrid hare (lepus timidus x lepus europaeus) is heterozygous for electrophoretically separable, x-linked isoenzymes of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. the isoenzymes of this animal have been used as cellular markers in the study of the clonal origins of experimentally induced atherosclerotic lesions. aortic lesions produced in the hybrid hare by feeding cholesterol and injuring the aortic wall with a catheter have been shown to have polyclonal characteristics and in this way are f ... | 1979 | 505016 |
| [transmission of eimeria stiedai from the rabbit (oryctolagus cuniculus) to the hare (lepus europaeus)]. | | 1979 | 543475 |
| the isolation of mycobacteria from the brown hare (lepus europaeus). | | 1977 | 608080 |
| artificial insemination in the european hare (lepus europaeus syriacus). | a simple technique for artificial insemination in hares was performed and used routinely in mass breeding of hares in captivity. sperm was collected directly from the epididymides of males. ovulation was induced by intravenous injection of human chorionic gonadotropin. female hares were successfully inseminated throughout the year. pregnancy occurred in 70% of inseminated females; the range in litter size was 1--3 offspring with a mean of 1.4. it was concluded that artificial insemination greatl ... | 1978 | 642435 |
| comparison of the karyotypes in the jack rabbit (lepus californicus deserticola) and the european hare (lepus europaeus). | | 1978 | 701097 |
| [parasites of wild hares (lepus europaeus) in austria]. | | 1976 | 1008782 |
| [new faunal and biological observations on ticks in abruzzo]. | ticks collected during the years 1975-76 in abruzzo (prov. l'aquila and chieti) italy are reported. the following species have been identified: ixodes canisuga, ixodes frontalis, ixodes hexagonus, ixodes ricinus, dermacentor marginatus, haemaphysalis sulcata, rhipicephalus bursa, rhipicephalus sanguineus, hyalomma marginatum. new hosts are: felis catus for ixodes canisuga; scolopax rusticola, motacilla flava, corvus cornix for ixodes frontalis; sciurus vulgaris for haemaphysalis punctata; garrul ... | 1976 | 1032325 |
| spontaneous lesions in the aorta of the common brown hare (lepus europaeus). | the intimal surface of the aortic arch of 16 of 20 male common brown hares and 10 of 14 females had raised pale yellow to grey-white plaques up to 6 mm in diameter. these lesions were characterised by necrosis and calcification mainly in the tunica media and were not related to the age of the hares. in the hare this vascular disease may develop after injury to the connective tissue during obliteration of the ductus arteriosus. although these aortic lesions were not the 'spontaneous' atherosclero ... | 1975 | 1166572 |
| sylvatic echinococcosis in argentina. i. on the morphology and biology of strobilar echinococcus granulosus (batsch, 1786) from domestic and sylvatic animal hosts. | dogs were fed larvae of echinococcus granulosus (batsch, 1786) recovered from sheep in argentina. the morphological characteristics of strobilae recovered from dogs at 28, 60 and 76 days postexposure were compared with those of echinococcus spp. recovered from naturally infected foxes, dusicyon clupaeus (molina) and d. griseus (gray), and those of worms reared in dogs from larvae in european hares, lepus europaeus (l.). only slight differences were observed in characters of taxonomic importance ... | 1975 | 1189028 |
| embryo counts and length of the breeding season in european hares in scotland from 1960-1972. | | 1975 | 1235028 |
| [prevalence of hantavirus infection in small mammals in the south moravian region]. | in 1987 to 1990 in the south moravian region 1094 lungs of small terrestrial mammals were examined for hantavirus antigen and sera of 525 rodents and 93 hares for antibodies against these viruses. in the majority the materials were not from the same individual. lungs were examined by the elisa method, antibodies were assessed by the indirect immunofluorescence reaction. an antigen resembling the western subtype (puumala) was found in 65 animals (5.9%) of two rodent species (microtus arvalis--63 ... | 1992 | 1387051 |
| [detection of aflatoxin b1 in tissues of free-living game animals (lepus europaeus, phasianus colchicus, capreolus capreolus, anas platyrhynchos)]. | this contribution states concentrations of products of toxogenic mould fungus aspergillus in livers, kidneys and testes of specific game animals. in hares (lepus europaeus), there was determined an average concentration in livers of 0.407 microgram.kg-1 +/- 0.29, in kidneys 0.658 microgram.kg-1 +/- 0.60, in testes 0.523 microgram.kg-1 +/- 0.27 and in the ovaries 0.207 microgram.kg-1 +/- 0.19. higher values were found in those animals with silage pits, hayricks and liquid manure pits nearby. in r ... | 1992 | 1492526 |
| [antibodies against hantaviruses in game and domestic oxen in the czech republic]. | using the test of indirect immunofluorescence, the authors examined sera of animals for antibodies against the strain cg 18-20 of hantavirus (identical with strain puumala) and against the hantaan strain. as a control and supplement of the examination the authors used cells containing the tbe virus, strain hypr. in a group of 260 hares (lepus europaeus) in 3.5% antibodies were present against hantavirus cg 18-20. of 41 deer (capreolus capreolus) they were present in 14.1%. of 11 fallow-deers non ... | 1992 | 1534516 |
| acute hepatosis in the european brown hare (lepus europaeus) in italy. | since october 1986 an unusually high mortality has been observed both in wild european brown hares (lepus europaeus) and in hare farms in italy. pathological alterations, including severe hepatosis, nephrosis, congestion and hemorrhages of tracheal mucosa and lungs, and splenic vascular congestion, were observed in 179 of 381 hares necropsied from 1986 to 1988. jaundice also was seen in 30% of these hares. histologically, the liver damage was characterized by coagulative necrosis, mainly located ... | 1991 | 1661785 |
| taxon 20 (fam. pasteurellaceae) infections in european brown hares (lepus europaeus). | hemolytic bacteria, phenotypically related to organisms previously identified as pasteurella haemolytica and tentatively named taxon 20, were isolated from cases of purulent bronchopneumonia and from conjunctivitis in european brown hares (lepus europaeus). the bronchopneumonia, sometimes accompanied by lesions in other organs, occurred without other concomitant disease. the conjunctivitis was found mainly in animals suffering from the european brown hare syndrome. | 1991 | 1758035 |
| epidemiology and diagnosis of the european brown hare syndrome in scandinavian countries: a review. | outbreaks among european brown hares (lepus europaeus, pallas) of a fatal disease associated with severe liver damage have occurred in sweden since the beginning of the 1980s. the disease, called the european brown hare syndrome (ebhs), was recognised in denmark in 1982 and is today widespread in denmark and southern sweden. it has not been reported in norway or finland. two species of hares are affected in sweden, the european brown hare and the varying hare (lepus timidus, linnaeus). ebhs occu ... | 1991 | 1760585 |
| genetic polymorphism of sorbitol dehydrogenase in the brown hare and the distribution of the variation in central europe. | a genetic polymorphism of sorbitol dehydrogenase (sdh; ec 1.1.1.14) for two allozymes is demonstrated in the brown hare (lepus europaeus) by means of horizontal starch gel electrophoresis. segregation analysis was performed in a sample of four matings with 12 offspring and confirmed the genetic hypothesis: two alleles at an autosomal locus. the calculated gene frequencies in the brown hare breed studied are sdha = 0.712 and sdhb = 0.288. the distribution of the polymorphism in free-ranging brown ... | 1991 | 1883318 |
| study of innervation of the pancreatic duct of lepus europaeus, using the cholinesterase technique. | the innervation of the pancreatic duct was studied in the european hare (lepus europaeus) by the cholinesterase technique. the duct was accompanied by thick myelinated and thin non-myelinated nerve fibres, which subsequently formed a plexi. the plexi were associated with the fibres of the plexi of the islet of langerhans, or with ganglia, blood vessels or neural networks. no chain of ganglia was observed on or near the duct and the ductules. | 1990 | 2083877 |
| protostrongylus pulmonalis from hares (lepus europaeus) in italy. | protostrongylus (pulmostrongylus) pulmonalis from lepus europaeus in italy (alto adige) was studied. most of the parasite population showed the typical morphology described for this species. variations observed in the morphological features of gubernaculum, antero-lateral ray and telamon are considered to lie within the range of variability of the species. this is the first record of protostrongylus (pul.) pulmonalis in hares in italy. | 1990 | 2132448 |
| [occurrence of borrelia antibodies in field hares (lepus europaeus)]. | using the indirect haemagglutination reaction with an antigenic extract from borrelia recurrentis, the author assessed in the hare the incidence of borrelia antibodies, incl. antibodies against borrelia burgdorferi, the causal agent of lyme borreliosis, a multisystemic disease with natural foci, a disease transmitted mostly by ticks of the genus ixodes. sera of 113 hares from 11 localities in the cssr examined by this method reacted in 41.6% by titres within the range from 1 : 16 to 1 : 512, onl ... | 1990 | 2142623 |
| pattern of serum concentrations of prolactin and progesterone during pregnancy and lactation in the brown hare (lepus europaeus). | a heterologous radioimmunoassay system developed for the rabbit has been shown to measure prolactin in the hare. concentrations of prolactin showed a significant (p less than 0.01) increase in the last 3 days of pregnancy (87.7 +/- 11.7 compared with 9.8 +/- 1.4 (s.e.m.) micrograms/l; n = 10 and 9 respectively) in pregnant females isolated from males, as well as in pregnant females kept with males and mating prepartum. this rise of prolactin at the end of pregnancy was not due to mating stimuli ... | 1990 | 2299270 |
| [the etiology of liver dystrophy in the field hare (lepus europaeus pallas)]. | the liver dystrophy of the european brown hare is widely distributed in europe and predominantly called european brown hare syndrome (ebhs) or hemorrhagic septicemia syndrome. the disease could be reproduced by injection of sterile filtered organ material of two field cases in two hares held in captivity. the clinical symptoms and the pathologic alterations are described. | 1989 | 2510984 |
| [legal regulations and practical application of studies of slaughtered game animals and their meat]. | meat regulations also involve game inspection. the previous publications on the one hand dealt with the regulations and their practice concerning game intended for slaughter, especially the control of fences and the gaining of meat. on the other hand regulations concerning game hunted for food (deer: red deer, sika deer, fallow deer, roe deer; horned ungulates: european mouflon, chamois; wild boar; european hare; european rabbit; game such as badger and raccoon) and regulations to be observed by ... | 1989 | 2617520 |
| [legal foundation and practical execution of slaughtering and meat examination of game animals]. | meat regulations also involve game inspection. on the one hand the previous publications dealt with the regulations and their practice concerning game intended for slaughter, especially the control of fences and the gaining of meat. on the other hand regulations concerning game hunted for food (deer: red deer, sika deer, fallow deer, roe deer; horned ungulates: european mufflon, chamois; wild boar; european hare; european rabbit; game such as badger and raccoon) and regulations to be observed by ... | 1989 | 2763282 |
| infections with francisella tularensis biovar palaearctica in hares (lepus timidus, lepus europaeus) from sweden. | the occurrence of tularemia was studied in 1,500 hares submitted to the national veterinary institute, uppsala, sweden for postmortem examination during 1973 through 1985. a total of 109 tularemia cases was recorded based on the fluorescent antibody (fa) test for francisella tularensis and on the gross and microscopic pathology. tularemia was diagnosed only in the varying hare (lepus timidus) and not in the european brown hare (lepus europaeus). the geographical distribution of the 109 cases ind ... | 1988 | 2900904 |
| detection of toxoplasma gondii in liver tissue sections from brown hares (lepus europaeus p.) and mountain hares (lepus timidus l.) using the peroxidase anti-peroxidase (pap) technique as a complement to conventional histopathology. | | 1988 | 3055758 |
| distribution and localization of acetylcholinesterase (ache) activity in the pancreas of lepus europaeus. | | 1988 | 3198026 |
| [legal fundamentals and practical accomplishments of abattoir and meat research in mammalian game animals]. | meat regulations also involve game inspection. the previous publication mainly dealt with the regulations and their practice concerning game intended for slaughter. the following publication deals with game hunted for food (deer: red deer, sika deer, fallow deer, roe deer; horned ungulates: european mufflon, chamois; wild boar; european hare; european rabbit) and also game such as the badger and the raccoon. | 1988 | 3222786 |
| [thyroid homeostasis in animals with iodine deficiency]. | the content of total iodine, its hormonal and nonhormonal fractions as well the level of protein-bound iodine in blood and basic tissue targets in representatives of 4 classes of animals: esox lucius l., rana esculenta, streptopelia decaocto priv., lepus europaeus pall. inhabiting the mountain regions with iodine deficiency in environment and in the lowlands of transcarpathia with higher iodine provision have been investigated. a considerable decrease of general and hormone iodine level in the a ... | 1988 | 3265636 |
| clonal nature of atherosclerotic plaques. | the clonal nature of atherosclerotic plaques has been examined in diet-induced atherosclerosis of interspecies hybrid hare females (lepus timidus (female) x lepus europaeus (male], which exhibit genetic mosaicism with respect to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (g6p-d). four diet groups have been used: control pellet diet, hyperlipemic (hl) diet, and hl diet supplemented with two different concentrations of 25-hydroxycholesterol. lesion and nonlesion tissue samples and primary cultures develope ... | 1988 | 3371461 |
| composition and functional aspects of glycoconjugates extracted from hare (lepus europaeus) sublingual gland. | | 1988 | 3378244 |
| carbohydrate components of hare oviduct studied by histochemical and biochemical techniques. | biochemical and histochemical analyses were carried out on the carbohydrate components of hare (lepus europaeus) oviduct in anoestrous condition. biochemical tests demonstrated that all the glycosidic components typical of glycoproteins and glycosaminoglycans are present in the ampulla and in the isthmus regions of oviduct, and that statistically significant differences exist in the sugar content between these two regions. in addition, lectin histochemistry combined with glycosidase digestion an ... | 1988 | 3415626 |
| hybrids between lepus timidus and lepus europaeus are rare although fertile. | | 1987 | 3436829 |
| the hair of the common hare (lepus europaeus pall.) and of the common vole (microtus arvalis pall.) as indicator of the environmental pollution. | we made the inaa of hair of the common hare (lepus europaeus pall.) and of the common vole (microtus arvalis pall.) living in the emission zones. both the hare and the vole are almost exclusively herbivores; they consume relatively large amounts of contaminated food and mirror reliably the contamination degree of the respective ecosystem. the use of free-living animals for the control of the environmental quality may complete effectively the information obtained by examination of habitants. thou ... | 1986 | 3517159 |
| [anti-leptospira and anti-brucella agglutinins in hares (lepus europaeus) from rio cuarto department, province of cordoba]. | seventy-seven anti-brucella and 42 anti-leptospira agglutinin serum levels of hares in rio cuarto district of córdoba province were studied. for brucella, only one sample showed incomplete reaction at a 1:25 dilution. the isolation of brucella from liver, spleen and gastro-hepatic lymph node in this animal was negative. in the 42 serum samples examined for l. pomona, l. wolffi, l. ballum, l. hardjo, l. pyrogenes and l. grippotiphosa, 6 reacted at a dilution of 1:100 with l. ballum serovar and 1 ... | 1985 | 3870659 |
| [isolation of brucella suis from the european hare (lepus auropaeus) in argentinea]. | | 1968 | 4234596 |
| comparison of capillary density in skeletal muscles of animals differing in respect of their physical activity--the hare (lepus europaeus), the domestic rabbit (oryctolagus domesticus), the brown rat (rattus norvegicus) and the trained and untrained rat. | | 1972 | 4266216 |
| [experimental infection of the hare (lepus europaeus l.) with calovo virus]. | | 1971 | 4378380 |
| studies on the development of eimeria leporis (protozoa: sporozoa) and on its pathogenicity for the hare (lepus europaeus pall.). | | 1974 | 4421174 |
| reproduction and "march madness" in the brown hare, lepus europaeus. | | 1974 | 4468894 |
| pneumocystis carinii in hares, lepus europaeus pallas, in the netherlands. | | 1972 | 4630767 |
| echinococcus in the south american red fox (dusicyon culpaeus) and the european hare (lepus europaeus) in the province of neuquén, argentina. | | 1972 | 4656449 |
| mitotic and meiotic chromosomes of the variable hare (lepus timidus l.), the common hare (lepus europaeus pall.) and their hybrids. | | 1972 | 4680627 |
| widespread spontaneous aortic lesions in the common brown hare (lepus europaeus). | | 1973 | 4696741 |
| [physicochemical properties and chemical structure of hemoglobin of a hare (lepus europaeus l.)]. | | 1970 | 5503957 |
| on the occurrence of hare lice, haemodipsus spp-(anoplura, hoplopleuridae) on hares, lepus europaeus, in the netherlands. | | 1971 | 5555448 |
| sex-linkage of erythrocyte glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase in two species of wild hares. | glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase specific to the erythrocytes of each of two wild hares found in europe was discerned by starch-gel electrophoresis at ph 7.0 and ph 8.6. the single, sharp band of the dehydrogenase of lepus europaeus was faster than that of l. timidus, at both ph levels. the sex-linkage of this enzyme was tested through reciprocal hybrids between the two species. each male hybrid had a single band of enzyme identical with that of its mother, while both parental types of this enz ... | 1965 | 5858029 |
| a correlative ultrastructural and histochemical study on the submandibular gland of the hare, lepus europaeus. | a morphological and histochemical study was carried out on the submandibular gland of the hare (lepus europaeus). the results indicated that it is a characteristic tubulo-acinar gland formed by terminal tracts, preterminal tracts and excretory ducts of various calibre. the striated ducts are formed by dark and pale cells with the pale cells predominating. the results of histochemical staining show that the preterminal tracts did not react to any of the methods used, while the terminal tracts rea ... | 1984 | 6490536 |
| [free amino acids in the brain of vertebrates]. | studies have been made on the content of free amino acids in the brain of the pike esox lucius, frog rana ridibunda, pheasant phasinus colhidus, hare lepus europaeus, as well as their distribution in the white and grey matter of healthy human subjects. differences in the distribution of free amino acid pool were found between man and animals. in the grey matter of human brain, large quantities of free ornithine, phenylalanine, lysine, serine, glycine, alanine, tyrosine, tryptophan, methionine, l ... | 1984 | 6495929 |
| characteristics of natural infections of the stomach worm, obeliscoides cuniculi (graybill), in lagomorphs and woodchucks in canada. | wild lagomorphs and woodchucks collected predominantly in southern ontario, canada were examined for subspecies of obeliscoides cuniculi (graybill). obeliscoides cuniculi multistriatus was found in snowshoe hares (lepus americanus). obeliscoides cuniculi cuniculi was found in cottontail rabbits (sylvilagus floridanus), european hares (lepus capensis) and woodchucks (marmota monax). prevalence of obeliscoides cuniculi multistriatus in snowshoe hares was 100% and mean intensity (and range of inten ... | 1983 | 6644920 |
| endoparasites of hares (lepus timidus l. and l. europaeus pallas) in finland. | intestinal and lung parasites of 85 mountain hares (lepus timidus) and 24 european hares (l. europaeus) were examined. the species of parasites found in both hare species were trichostrongylus retortaeformis zeder, 1800; mosgovoyia pectinata goeze, 1782 and protostrongylus pulmonalis froelich, 1802. eimeria semisculpta madsen, 1938 and e. townsendi carvalho, 1943 were found only in the european hares and eimeria leporis nieschulz, 1923 and dicrocoelium dendriticum rudolphi, 1819 only in the moun ... | 1983 | 6644932 |
| cholesterol-induced atherosclerosis. clonal characteristics of arterial lesions in the hybrid hare. | utilizing the observation that a majority of human atherosclerotic fibrous plaques show monoclonal characteristics, we carried out this study to determine the clonal characteristics of cholesterol-induced atherosclerosis in the hybrid hare. if this is a valid model for human atherosclerosis, the lesions produced in the aorta should be monoclonal. glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (g-6-pd) was used as an x-linked cellular marker in the female hybrid hare (lepus timidus x lepus europaeus), which i ... | 1983 | 6651613 |
| an investigation of encephalitozoon cuniculi in the wild rabbit oryctolagus cuniculus in victoria, australia. | sera from 823 wild rabbits (oryctolagus cuniculus) collected from a number of geographic regions of victoria, australia over the past eight years were examined for antibodies to encephalitozoon cuniculi, along with sera from 46 hares (lepus europaeus) (pallas) and 57 new zealand wild rabbits. no sera were positive, implying that this common laboratory rabbit parasite is absent from wild rabbits in these areas. however, wild rabbits were found to be readily infected by the oral route with small n ... | 1980 | 6987299 |
| [changes in circulating estrogens during pregnancy and superfetation in hares (lepus europaeus)]. | | 1980 | 6994043 |
| coronary arterial heart disease in hybrid hares fed alternating cholesterol-enriched and normal diets. | at one-week intervals hybrid hares (lepus europaeus x lepus timidus) were fed supplemented or nonsupplemented commercial pellets. supplements were 1% cholesterol (usp-grade) and 6% peanut oil. in addition, the normal nonsupplemented diet was fed for a month when they appeared weak or when serum cholesterol values exceeded 1,000 mg/dl at monthly examinations. at the end of 1 year on such an alternating regimen, the hares appeared well nourished. atherosclerotic lesions were severe and involved th ... | 1982 | 7159493 |
| [occurrence of haemodipsus lyriocephalus (burm.) and haemodipsus setoni ewing (anoplura) in lepus europaeus pall. hares in poland]. | | 1982 | 7183012 |
| antibodies to leptospira in european hares (lepus europaeus pallas) in the netherlands. | | 1980 | 7468005 |
| chemical and fatty acid composition of meat from spanish wild rabbits and hares. | the differences in the chemical and fatty acid compositions between the meats of five spanish wild rabbits (oryctolagus cuniculus) and five spanish wild hares (lepus europaeus) for foreleg, loin, hindleg and perirenal fat have been studied. only significant differences (p < 0.05) in the meat chemical composition were observed between rabbits and hares for dry matter and fat in loins, and for ash in hindlegs. significant differences (p < 0.05) between saturated fatty acids in foreleg and perirena ... | 1995 | 7785342 |
| transmission of borrelia burgdorferi s.l. from mammal reservoirs to the primary vector of lyme borreliosis, ixodes ricinus (acari: ixodidae), in sweden. | factors regulating prevalence of borrelia burgdorferi s.l. johnson, schmid, hyde, steigerwalt & brenner in ixodes ricinus (l.) were examined during 1991-1992 at bogesund, near stockholm in south-central sweden. nine species of small and medium-sized mammals (sorex araneus l., s. minutus l., neomys fodiens pennant, clethrionomys glareolus [schreber], microtus agrestis [l.], apodemus sylvaticus [l.], a. flavicollis [melchior], lepus europaeus pallas, l. timidus l.) were found to infect feeding tic ... | 1994 | 7815401 |
| european brown hare syndrome in england. | the livers from 50 brown hares (lepus europaeus) were examined by electron microscopy for calicivirus-like particles typical of the virus of european brown hare syndrome (ebhs). the virus was visible in 23 of the livers which included four taken from hares which died in 1982 and 1985 and which had been stored at -20 degrees c. the clinical histories, post mortem and other findings associated with these 23 hares were similar to those described in cases of european brown hare syndrome in other eur ... | 1994 | 7941275 |
| serologic survey for toxoplasma gondii infection in the brown hare (lepus europaeus p.) in sweden. | serum samples from 176 brown hares (lepus europaeus p.) shot in three areas of south and central sweden during 1984 and 1985 were analyzed for antibodies to the protozoan parasite toxoplasma gondii using several serological assays. no toxoplasma antibodies were detected in any of the sera, either by direct agglutination test or by elisa, and selected sera were also negative in the ifat and the sabin feldman dye test. based on the high incidence of acute fatal toxoplasmosis in hares in scandinavi ... | 1994 | 8028104 |
| morphologic and immunohistochemical characterization of the hepatic lesions associated with european brown hare syndrome. | liver lesions were studied in 40 free-living adult european brown hares (lepus europaeus) and varying hares (lepus timidus) of both sexes that had died in sweden with the viral infection european brown hare syndrome (ebhs). the lesions were characterized by their histopathologic, immunohistochemical, and electron microscopic findings. periportal to massive coagulation necrosis was a distinctive feature of ebhs. lytic necrosis, inflammation, fatty degeneration, and cholangitis occurred variably. ... | 1994 | 8053127 |
| treponemal infections in hares in the netherlands. | treponemal infections in wild european brown hares (lepus europaeus) from the netherlands were diagnosed by means of serological tests for human syphilis and histological demonstration of spirochetes by the bosma-steiner silver impregnation method in histological sections of skin lesions. the treponeme should probably be classified as "treponema paraluisleporis." | 1994 | 8150971 |
| a serologic survey for some bacterial and viral zoonoses in game animals in the czech republic. | between 1986 and 1991, sera were collected from 33 roe deer (capreolus capreolus), 24 red deer (cervus elaphus), four fallow deer (dama dama), two mouflon (ovis musimon), 34 wild boars (sus scrofa), and 48 hares (lepus europaeus) shot in two areas of the czech republic. collectively, the sera contained antibodies to coxiella burnetii (prevalence of 12%), francisella tularensis (4%), brucella spp. (2%), central european tick-borne encephalitis virus (8%), tahyna (california serogroup) virus (36%) ... | 1993 | 8258864 |
| genetic polymorphism of transferrin (tf) and the haemoglobin alpha chain (hba) in the brown hare (lepus europaeus). | genetic polymorphism in transferrin (tf) and in the haemoglobin alpha chain (hba) was detected in the brown hare (lepus europaeus) from austria and czechoslovakia by means of horizontal agarose and starch gel electrophoresis, respectively. genetic analyses of complete families suggest that the tf and the hba systems are each controlled by one autosomal gene locus with two codominant alleles. the distribution of both polymorphisms among some free-ranging austrian brown hare populations was examin ... | 1993 | 8273918 |
| intraspecific variation in serum proteins of brown hare (lepus europaeus pallas, 1778). | 1. serum proteins of brown hare (lepus europaeus pallas, 1778) were studied by the use of 1d page, 2d agarose-page, immunoblotting, inhibitions of trypsin and chymotrypsin, and specific staining for esterase. 2. some serum proteins were identified, and easily interpretable polymorphisms were found in transferrin alpha 1b glycoprotein, protease inhibitors atc2, atc3 and at1, esterase es1 and in an unidentified postalbumin po. 3. on the basis of family studies the evidence was obtained that the va ... | 1993 | 8299356 |
| descriptive epizootiological study of european brown hare syndrome in sweden. | a study on descriptive epizootiology of the viral necrotising hepatitis of hares, european brown hare syndrome (ebhs) was conducted in sweden. two thousand eight hundred eighteen hares were necropsied between 1980 and 1989. european brown hare syndrome was diagnosed histologically in 234 (14%) of 1644 european brown hares (lepus europaeus) and 26 (3%) of 958 varying hares (lepus timidus). most cases occurred in october, november, and december. in 1980, the first cases were recorded on the island ... | 1993 | 8383252 |
| susceptibility of hares and rabbits to a belgian isolate of european brown hare syndrome virus. | signs and pathologic changes of european brown hare syndrome (ebhs) were reproduced in four hares (lepus europaeus) after experimental inoculation of a liver suspension from hares from belgium, which naturally died of ebhs. virus particles were demonstrated by electron microscopy in the liver of an experimentally infected hare. they were spherical with a diameter of 28 to 30 nm. after density gradient centrifugation, virus particles were detected in the density zone of 1.34 g/ml. based on immuno ... | 1993 | 8387610 |
| maintenance by hares of european borrelia burgdorferi in ecosystems without rodents. | during may-october 1991 shrews (sorex spp.), small rodents (apodemus spp., clethrionomys glareolus [schreber]), and hares (lepus spp.) were sampled near stockholm, sweden. nymphal ixodes ricinus (l.) derived from blood-engorged larvae collected from these mammals were investigated by phase-contrast microscopy and immunofluorescence assay (ifa) using the monoclonal antibody h6831 directed against the ospb protein of borrelia burgdorferi johnson, schmid, hyde, steigerwalt & brenner. three rodent s ... | 1993 | 8433337 |
| islet amyloid polypeptide in the rabbit and european hare: studies on its relationship to amyloidogenesis. | in this study, we determined the cdna-predicted amino acid sequence of positions 9-31 of islet amyloid polypeptide from the rabbit and european hare. a synthetic rabbit/hare islet amyloid polypeptide 20-29 peptide was subsequently shown to be strongly fibrillogenic in vitro even though the putative amyloidogenic ails sequence at positions 25-28 of human and cat islet amyloid polypeptide is modified in the rabbit and hare by a substitution of phenylalanine for leucine at position 27 (i.e. aifs). ... | 1993 | 8462765 |
| european brown hare syndrome in free-ranging hares in poland. | a study of european brown hare syndrome (ebhs) was conducted in poland (czempin). from april 1993 until february 1994, 100 blood and 78 spleen samples of european brown hares (lepus europaeus) were tested for prevalence of ebhs and rabbit hemorrhagic disease (rhdv) antibodies and ebhs virus antigen with two enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) test kits. thirty-eight of 100 serum samples were positive for ebhs, and six (7.6%) of 78 of the spleen materials were-antigen positive for ebhs viru ... | 1996 | 8722266 |
| syphilis in european brown hares (lepus europaeus). | | 1996 | 8933703 |
| isolation and characterization of cytopathic strains of rotavirus from hares (lepus europaeus). | ten cytopathic rotavirus were recovered from stools of leverets affected by an enteric syndrome. the ten isolates, examined by means of elisa and sds-pa-ge, were identified as group a rotaviruses. | 1997 | 9208423 |
| nonneutral evolution of tandem repeats in the mitochondrial dna control region of lagomorphs. | the mitochondrial dna of the european rabbit (oryctolagus cuniculus) contains a tandem array of 153-bp repeats in the vicinity of the replication origin of the h-stand. variation among molecules in the number of these repeats results in inter- and intraindividual length polymorphism (heteroplasmy). generally, in an individual, one predominant molecular type is observed, the others representing a low percentage of the mtdna content. at the tissue level, we observe a particular distribution of thi ... | 1997 | 9254915 |
| [seasonal changes in the female reproductive apparatus of lepus europaeus (p) in a population from the rural area of rio cuarto (cordoba-argentina)]. | in this paper, the reproductive cycle of the european hare, lepus europaeus, was studied during a complete annual period in females of a population from the southern region of the province of cordoba. the animals were captured monthly. age, corporal and ovarian weights were determined, and the ovaries were fixed in bouin and processed by current histological techniques. during the period from july to february, the mean corporal weight was 3.70 kg +/- 0.15. the ovaries showed follicles in differe ... | 1997 | 10436611 |
| applicability of rabbit microsatellite primers for studies of hybridisation between an introduced and a native hare species. | introduced species may hybridise with relatives in the native fauna or flora and thereby compete for matings and transmit alien dna. such interference may contaminate unique genepools, disturb existing ecological balances and may ultimately result in the extinction of the native species. in sweden, the introduced brown hare (lepus europaeus pall.) hybridise with the native mountain hare (l. timidus l.), both relatively common members of the present swedish fauna. this hybridisation has resulted ... | 1999 | 10509140 |
| detection of francisella tularensis in biological specimens using a capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, an immunochromatographic handheld assay, and a pcr. | the early detection of francisella tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia, is important for adequate treatment by antibiotics and the outcome of the disease. here we describe a new capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (celisa) based on monoclonal antibodies specific for lipopolysaccharide (lps) of francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica and francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis. no cross-reactivity with francisella tularensis subsp. novicida, francisella philomiragia, and a panel ... | 2000 | 10618283 |
| fatal toxoplasmosis in brown hares (lepus europaeus): possible reasons of their high susceptibility to the infection. | brown hares (lepus europaeus) trapped in the countryside and domestic rabbits were experimentally infected with toxoplasma gondii (k7 strain) oocysts. hares (n=12) were divided into groups of 4 and infected with 10, 10(3) and 10(5) oocysts. rabbits (n=12) were infected in the same way. the experimentally infected animals were monitored for 33 days after infection (p.i.). most of the infected hares demonstrated behavioural changes, and all of them died between 8 and 19 days p.i. three of the rabb ... | 2000 | 11027857 |
| new genetic variation in european hares, lepus granatensis and l. europaeus. | six genetic polymorphisms for the iberian hare (lepus granatensis) and four for the brown hare (l. europaeus) are newly described. the genetic variation of peptidases b (pepb) and c (pepc), hemoglobin alpha chain (hba), hemopexin (hpx), vitamin d binding protein (gc), and properdin factor b (bf) was assessed by conventional electrophoresis and isoelectric focusing in carrier ampholytes and hybrid ph gradients. six alleles were detected in pepb, three in pepc, four in hba, six in gc, five in hpx, ... | 2000 | 11100268 |
| characterization of four species of trichuris (nematoda: enoplida) by their second internal transcribed spacer ribosomal dna sequence. | adult worms of trichuris ovis and t. globulosa were collected from ovis aries (sheep) and capra hircus (goats). t. suis was isolated from sus scrofa domestica (swine) and t. leporis was isolated from lepus europaeus (rabbits) in spain. genomic dna was isolated and a ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (its2) was amplified and sequenced using polymerase-chain-reaction (pcr) techniques. the its2 of t. ovis and t. globulosa was 407 nucleotides in length and had a gc content of about 62%. furtherm ... | 2000 | 11133103 |
| [causes of death, zoonoses, and reproduction in the european brown hare in switzerland]. | to elucidate the importance of different causes of mortality which could explain the downward trend of the hare populations in switzerland and for monitoring selected zoonoses, the health and reproductive status of 167 perished brown hares (lepus europaeus) was assessed. concerning causes of mortality, traumas were by far the most frequent diagnosis, 80% of the hares dying because of injuries. animals killed by road traffic were highly represented. predators (such as dogs, domestic cats, lynx, m ... | 2001 | 11344944 |
| european brown hare syndrome in free-ranging european brown and mountain hares from switzerland. | from 1997 to 2000, complete necropsy and histopathologic investigations were performed on 157 free-ranging european brown hares (lepus europaeus) found dead throughout switzerland. organ samples of all these individuals (157 livers and 107 spleens available) were tested for european brown hare syndrome virus (ebhsv)-antigen by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) test kit. furthermore, 60 additional blood samples were tested for antibodies against ebhsv by elisa. in addition, liver samples ... | 2001 | 11763744 |
| [the isolation of dhori viruses (orthomyxoviridae, thogotovirus) and crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever virus (bunyaviridae, nairovirus) from the hare (lepus europaeus) and its ticks hyalomma marginatum in the middle zone of the volga delta, astrakhan region, 2001]. | in august, 2001, in the middle zone of the delta of the volga river, the astrakhan region, during investigation of the natural foci of west nile fever and crimean--congo hemorrhagic fever (cchf), the material from the hare (lepus europaeus, pallas, 1778 (lagomorpha, leporidae) and collected from it the ticks hyalomna marginatum koch 1844, was obtained. 4 strains of dhori virus (orthomyxoviridae, thogotovirus) and 2 strains of cchf virus (bunyaviridae, nairovirus) were isolated. this is the first ... | 2002 | 12271723 |
| assessment of genetic structure of greek brown hare (lepus europaeus) populations based on variation in random amplified polymorphic dna (rapd). | the rapd method was used to assess the genetic differentiation of brown hare (lepus europaeus) populations from central greece. greek wild populations were compared with samples from austria, poland, germany, france, and bulgaria, as well as with reared/released hares to investigate the impact of the releases on the native populations' genetic structure. the absence of diagnostic bands distinguishing between l. europaeus populations confirmed the high level of gene flow between brown hare popula ... | 2002 | 12392170 |
| the current and future management of wild mammals hunted with dogs in england and wales. | there is increasing concern about the use of lethal methods to control wild mammal populations, especially those methods that may have significant impacts on animal welfare. the continued use of dogs to hunt wild mammals in england and wales, principally foxes (vulpes vulpes), red deer (cervus elaphus), brown hares (lepus europaeus) and mink (mustela vison), has become a focus for political debate and has been the subject of a recent uk government inquiry. this paper reports the results of a que ... | 2003 | 12654279 |
| ancient introgression of lepus timidus mtdna into l. granatensis and l. europaeus in the iberian peninsula. | a 587 bp fragment of cytochrome b sequences from 90 individuals of 15 hare (lepus) species and two outgroups were phylogenetically analysed and compared to an analysis derived from 474 bp sequences of the nuclear transferrin gene. mountain hare (lepus timidus) type mtdna was observed in l. granatensis and l. europaeus from the iberian peninsula, far away from the extant distributional range of l. timidus. in addition to these two hare species, other hare species may also contain mtdna from l. ti ... | 2003 | 12679072 |
| european brown hare syndrome virus in free-ranging european brown hares from argentina. | from 1998 to 2000, serum samples of 80 shot european brown hares (lepus europaeus) from argentina were examined for antibodies against european brown hare syndrome virus (ebhsv) and 80 spleen samples were tested for ebhsv-antigen by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (elisa). nine hares were positive for ebhsv-antigen. antibodies against ebhsv were detected in only one individual. based on negative staining electron microscopy of spleen homogenates, we observed calicivirus in one of five ebhsv-an ... | 2003 | 12685075 |
| biochemical genetic variability in brown hares (lepus europaeus) from greece. | allozyme variability of 91 brown hares (lepus europaeus) from seven regions in greece was compared to existing data of bulgarian populations to test the hypothesis of the occurrence ofspecific alleles in greece, likely stemming from an isolated late pleistocene refugial population in the southern balkans. this hypothesis is particularly suggested by some subfossil late pleistocene hare remains in greece and the reported high mtdna diversity in greek hares. allozymic diversity could be higher in ... | 2003 | 12834043 |
| antibodies to neospora caninum in european brown hare (lepus europaeus). | neospora caninum antibodies in european brown hares (lepus europaeus) were reported for the first time in sera collected from hares imported in italy from east europe. sera from 93 hares coming from hungary and 44 hares coming from slovakia were tested using a direct agglutination test (dat). seroprevalence was 8.0% at the 1:40 dilution and 1.5% at 1:320 dilution. seroprevalence in females and males and in different countries of origin did not differ significantly. our results indicate that euro ... | 2003 | 12860071 |
| lawsonia intracellularis in wild mammals in the slovak carpathians. | feces of wild mammals were collected in the bukovské vrchy hills (north-eastern slovakia) in january and february 2002. the feces were examined for lawsonia intracellularis by means of nested polymerase chain reaction. a total of 194 samples of feces from red deer (cervus elaphus), 46 samples from roe deer (capreolus capreolus), 31 samples from red fox (vulpes vulpes), 23 samples from gray wolf (canis lupus), and 12 samples from brown hare (lepus europaeus) were examined. lawsonia intracellulari ... | 2003 | 12910769 |
| accumulation of lead, cadmium, and mercury in liver and kidney of the brown hare (lepus europaeus) in relation to the season, age, and sex in the west slovakian lowland. | concentrations of lead, cadmium, and mercury in liver and kidneys of brown hares in relation to season, age, and sex were investigated. over a period of one year 74 hares, 36 males and 38 females were analyzed. the concentrations of lead and cadmium were analyzed by aas and mercury was determined by mercury vapor technique. the median concentration of lead in liver as well as in kidney in relation to the season is the highest in winter period in comparison with spring, summer, and summer period ... | 2003 | 12916853 |
| re-emergence of fibromatosis in farmed game hares (lepus europaeus) in italy. | | 2003 | 12934800 |
| staphylococcal pyaemia in a wild hare (lepus europaeus occidentalis). | | 1955 | 13233363 |
| reingestion in the hare lepus europaeus pal. | | 1955 | 13237983 |
| [leptospira grippotyphosa serologic index in field hare (lepus europaeus l.)]. | | 1959 | 13639084 |
| high content of polyunsaturated fatty acids in muscle phospholipids of a fast runner, the european brown hare (lepus europaeus). | to investigate both seasonal changes and possible intracorporal gradients of phospholipid fatty acid composition, skeletal muscles ( n=124), hearts ( n=27), and livers ( n=34) from free-living brown hares (lepus europaeus) were analyzed. phospholipids from both skeletal muscles and heart had a high degree of unsaturation with 66.8+/-0.63% and 65.7+/-0.5% polyunsaturated fatty acids, respectively. this is the highest proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids reported in any mammalian tissue. poly ... | 2003 | 13680130 |