Danko Dezdek

Danko Dezdek
Croatian Veterinary Institute | VEINST · Departmentu of pathology

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Pseudorabies virus (PrV) can persist within the wild boar population allowing them to be potential reservoirs of PrV for domestic pigs but also other animal species including hunting dogs. This article presents a case report of PrV infection in two hunting dogs from different central Croatian districts. Clinically, symptoms regarding the CNS and au...
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Serological data imply that pseudorabies (Aujeszky's disease) is present in domestic pigs and wild boars in Croatia. Therefore, this study included testing of brain tissue samples collected from 200 domestic pigs and 105 wild boars originating from seventeen districts of Croatia. The presence of pseudorabies virus (PrV) DNA was confirmed in samples...
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Croatia is a relatively safe country in regards to wild animal attacks and trauma to humans, even though there are a few reported cases of wild animal attacks on humans almost every year. As a bio-diversity hot-spot it is inhabited by a few wild animal species that are known to attack humans and cause serious, sometimes even fatal injuries to human...
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Even though serological data implies that Pseudorabies is present in domestic pigs and wild boars in Croatia, no comprehensive virological survey has yet been carried out. Therefore, this study included testing of brain tissue samples collected from 200 domestic pigs and 105 samples of wild boar originating from seventeen districts in Croatia. For...
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The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is a highly adaptable omnivorous mammal distributed across all continents on the northern hemisphere. Although the red fox is present throughout Europe, where it plays an important ecological and socio-economic role not only as a game species but also as a rabies reservoir, few studies have examined its population-level...
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European brown hare syndrome (EBHS) is a contagious viral disease of European (Lepus europeus) and mountain hare (Lepus timidus) caused by a Caliciviridae virus. The disease appears in the peracute form and is characterised by sudden death without clinical signs. In the acute form, neurological symptoms were observed, while jaundice was recorded in...
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Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a growing public health concern in central and northern European countries. Even though TBE is a notifiable disease in Croatia, there is a significant lack of information in regard to vector tick identification, distribution as well as TBE virus prevalence in ticks or animals. The aim of our study was to identify an...
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We describe a case of transmission of Mycobacterium (M.) tuberculosis infection from a man to cattle. M. tuberculosis was isolated from the bronchial lymph nodes of a heifer that reacted positively to bovine tuberculin but showed no gross pathological changes at slaughter. The cattle owner died of tuberculosis the same year the heifer was diagnosed...
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The differences in metal exposure (As, Cd, Cu, Pb and Hg) in the muscle, liver and kidney tissues of brown bears (Ursus arctos), grey wolfs (Canis lupus), Eurasian lynxs (Lynx lynx), Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) and pine martens (Martes martes) from Croatia were observed. The highest mean Cd levels were found in kidney and liver of Eurasian badge...
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The causative agent of Pseudorabies (Aujeszky’s disease) is Pseudorabies virus (PRV) from the Herpesviridae family, genus Alphaherpesvirus. Although the natural host of the virus are swine, most mammals can be infected and develop severe signs of disease, often resulting in high mortality. Nowadays, wild boars are recognized as potential reservoirs...
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Trace elements concentrations (As, Cd, Cu, Pb and Hg) were determined in the liver, kidney and muscle of 28 red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and 16 stone marten (Martes foina) from suburban and rural habitats from Croatia. Rural and suburban habitats affected Cd and Hg levels in the muscle, liver and kidney of red fox. Significant differences in metal conce...
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Over a period of five years (2002-2007) a total of 351 wild boar (Sus scrofa) serum samples were collected during regular hunting procedures. All samples were tested by microscopic agglutination test (MAT) for the presence of specific antibodies (AB) to 12 Leptospira spp. serovars. At different sera dilutions (ranging from 100 to 3200) 112 samples...

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