8 species (Family)-Specific wildlife DISEASES IN EUROPE
Some wild species have species-specific disease, particularly in one-species families such as boar
This table is intended to alert the diagnostician to species/family-specific infectious diseases
Note 1 — some families of pathogens are frequently hostspecies-specific e.g.
herpesviruses, poxviruses, papillomaviruses, avian circoviruses, rotaviruses, retroviruses and Bartonella spp.Note 2 — Herpesvirus infections — many (possibly most) species of mammal and bird have species-specific herpesviruses, not all of which cause disease (many birds also appear to have species-specific circoviruses).
| Disease | Pathogen | Wild host species/family |
| Herpesvirus infection of hedgehogs | Erinaceidherpesvirus 1 (EsHVl) | hedgehog |
| Cervidherpesvirus infection in red deer | Cervidherpesvirus 1 (CvHV1) | red deer |
| Cervidherpesvirus infection in reindeer | Cervid herpesvirus 2 (CvHV2) | reindeer |
| Pigeon herpesvirus (Smadel’s disease) | Columbidherpesvirus 1 (CoHV1) | pigeons and doves |
| Inclusion body disease of owls | Strigid herpesvirus 1 (StHV1) | owls |
| Inclusion body disease of falcons | Falconid herpesvirus 1 (FaHV1) | falcons, raptors |
| Avian herpesvirus of storks | Ciconiid herpesvirus 1 (CiHV1) | white and black stork |
| Rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD) | RHD virus (RHDV) | rabbit |
| European brown hare syndrome (EBHS) | EBHS virus (EBHSV) | brown hare, mountain hare |
| Post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) | Porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) | wild boar |
| European bat lyssavirus | European bat lyssavirus 1 and 2 (EBLV 1 and 2) | bats (Myotis sp.) |
| Pestivirus of chamois | Chamois border disease virus (Chamois BDV) | chamois |
| Classic swine fever (CSF) | CSFV | wild boar |
| Canine parvovirus | Canine parvovirus 2 (CPV 2) | red fox, wolf |
| Parvovirus of wild boar | Porcine parvovirus (PPV) | wild boar |
| Squirrelpoxvirus disease (SQPD) | SQP virus (SQPV) | red and grey squirrel |
| Sealpox disease | Seal parapoxvirus (unclassified) | common and grey seals |
| Myxomatosis | Myxomavirus | rabbit, rarely in brown hare |
| African swine fever (ASF) | African swine fever virus (ASFV) | wild boar |
| Contagious dermatitis in mountain hare | Pox virus (not named) | mountain hare |
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| Disease | Pathogen | Wild host species/family |
| Squirrel adenovirus disease Feline leukaemia Moose wasting syndrome Deer fibromatosis Chaffinch papillomatosis Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) Brucellosis Brucellosis Infectious keratoconjunctivitis Ringworm Gangrenous ergotism in moose | Squirrel adenovirus (SqAdV) Feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) Alces leucotropic oncovirus (ALOV) Delta papillomaviruses of cervids Fringilla papillomavirus (FPV) Feline coronavirus (FCoV) Brucella suis biovar 2 Brucella suis biovar 4 Mycoplasma conjunctivae Trichophyton mentagrophytes Claviceps purpurea | red squirrel wild cat, Iberian lynx moose roe and other deer species chaffinch and brambling wild cat, Eurasian lynx wild boar, brown hare reindeer (rarely moose) ibex and chamois hedgehog moose |