| ticks infesting the endangered italian hare (lepus corsicanus) and their habitat in an ecological park in southern italy. | the italian hare (lepus corsicanus) is an endangered species whose natural populations have decreased in recent years. this study's objective was to identify ticks infesting hares and their habitats in a wildlife reserve in southern italy. in june 2009, ticks were collected by dragging in three transects set in a meadow habitat within an enclosure inhabited by hares and in three similar transects outside this enclosure. fifty-five ticks were collected by dragging, being 54 inside and 1 outside t ... | 2011 | 20711803 |
| ixodid ticks of road-killed wildlife species in southern italy: new tick-host associations and locality records. | the present study aimed to identify ticks collected from road-killed wildlife species retrieved in several localities of southern italy and to assess the presence of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, anaplasma phagocytophilum and rickettsia spp. dna in ticks. collections were carried out from january 2000 to december 2009 on wild animals found dead within the territories of 11 municipalities from three regions (i.e., apulia, basilicata, and calabria). in total, 189 carcasses of wild animals belon ... | 2011 | 21728058 |
| spillover events of infection of brown hares (lepus europaeus) with rabbit haemorrhagic disease type 2 virus (rhdv2) caused sporadic cases of an european brown hare syndrome-like disease in italy and spain. | rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (rhdv) is a lagovirus that can cause fatal hepatitis (rabbit haemorrhagic disease, rhd) with mortality of 80-90% in farmed and wild rabbits. since 1986, rhdv has caused outbreaks in rabbits (oryctolagus cuniculus) in europe, but never in european brown hares (lepus europaeus, ebh). in 2010, a new rhdv-related virus, called rhdv2, emerged in europe, causing extended epidemics because it largely overcame the immunity to rhdv present in most rabbit populations. rhd ... | 2016 | 27615998 |
| detection of the new emerging rabbit haemorrhagic disease type 2 virus (rhdv2) in sicily from rabbit (oryctolagus cuniculus) and italian hare (lepus corsicanus). | rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (rhdv), a member of the genus lagovirus, causes rabbit haemorrhagic disease (rhd), a fatal hepatitis of rabbits, not previously reported in hares. recently, a new rhdv-related virus emerged, called rhdv2. this lagovirus can cause rhd in rabbits and disease and mortality in lepus capensis (cape hare). here we describe a case of rhdv2 infection in another hare species, lepus corsicanus, during a concurrent rhd outbreak in a group of wild rabbits. the same rhdv2 st ... | 2014 | 25458493 |
| hare populations in europe: intra and interspecific analysis of mtdna variation. | we report results of a project aimed at analysing genetic diversification in lepus corsicanus (italian hare), carried out at the infs as part of an ongoing project on the biology of l. corsicanus. samples of italian hare were collected in different localities in central-southern italy and sicily. moreover samples of l. europaeus (brown hare), as well as other species of the genus lepus, were collected in italy and europe in order to define the phylogenetic relationships of the italian hare. resu ... | 2003 | 14558454 |
| species distinction and evolutionary relationships of the italian hare (lepus corsicanus) as described by mitochondrial dna sequencing. | the taxonomic status of the italian hare lepus corsicanus has been uncertain since its first description by w. e. de winton in 1898 (de winton we. annual magazine of natural history, london, 1898, 1, 149-158). the distribution range of this species has shrunk severely over the last few decades owing to overhunting and restocking with nonindigenous brown hares (l. europaeus) in central and southern italy and sicily. recently, scanty populations of italian hares were rediscovered, and samples for ... | 1999 | 10620225 |
| assessment of a natural dietary extract, titrated in phenylpropanoid glycosides, on blood parameters and plasma oxidative status in intensively reared italian hares (lepus corsicanus). | two different doses of a natural extract titrated in phenylpropanoid glycosides (ppgs) were evaluated for their effect on blood parameters and plasma oxidative status in pairs of intensively reared italian hares. the study lasted 210 days, during which 45 couples of hares were divided into three homogeneous groups. a control group (con) was fed a control diet while the two experimental groups were fed a diet supplemented with 1 or 2 kg/t of a supplement titrated in ppgs. blood samples were obtai ... | 2011 | 22440023 |
| evidence for genetic similarity of two allopatric european hares (lepus corsicanus and l. castroviejoi) inferred from nuclear dna sequences. | | 2008 | 18178109 |
| contribution to the ecology of the italian hare (lepus corsicanus). | the italian hare (lepus corsicanus) is endemic to central-southern italy and sicily, classified as vulnerable due to habitat alterations, low density and fragmented populations and ecological competition with the sympatric european hare (lepus europaeus). despite this status, only few and local studies have explored its ecological features. we provided some key traits of the ecological niche of the italian hare as well as its potential distribution in the italian peninsula. all data derived from ... | 2020 | 32753640 |