Tularemia So far 17 cases of rabbit fever – In addition, eleven people infected
A hare crouches in a cornfield wet with morning dew. photo
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So far this year, 17 cases of rabbit fever have been reported to the health authorities in the southwest (as of the end of August). The sick or dead animals were discovered in the cities of Freiburg and Karlsruhe as well as in the districts of Rastatt, Neckar-Odenwaldkreis, Esslingen, Emmendingen, Böblingen, Ravensburg, Sigmaringen, Bodenseekreis, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Rottweil and Konstanz, as announced by the Ministry of Agriculture.
So far this year, 17 cases of rabbit fever have been reported to the health authorities in the southwest (as of the end of August). The sick or dead animals were discovered in the cities of Freiburg and Karlsruhe as well as in the districts of Rastatt, Neckar-Odenwaldkreis, Esslingen, Emmendingen, Böblingen, Ravensburg, Sigmaringen, Bodenseekreis, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Rottweil and Konstanz, as announced by the Ministry of Agriculture.
The notifiable so-called tularemia is detected in the southwest, especially in brown hares. However, it can also occur in other animals including birds. They die after a short illness.
People can also become infected with the pathogens of rabbit fever – for example, if they touch sick or dead animals. According to data from the Robert Koch Institute, this has happened to eleven people in the southwest so far this year. The pathogen can, for example, cause diarrhoea, body aches and vomiting, but can also lead to severe courses.
Diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans are called zoonosis. According to the chemical and veterinary investigation office in Stuttgart, rabbit fever has been occurring again in Germany since 2004, and intensified in the south-west since 2016.
Information on rabbit plague in the south-west Communication from the city of Karlsruhe dated August 25 Information from the Federal Research Institute for Animal Health on tularemia
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