Antibodies to Encephalitozoon cuniculi were found in wild arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus), feral mink (Mustela vison), wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) and house mice (Mus musculus) in Iceland. Animals with antibodies were found throughout the country. No lesions attributable to encephalitozoonosis were found in adult animals necropsied. However, one arctic fox cub with a neurological disorder had pathological and serological evidence of encephalitozoonosis.
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1 April 1993
Prevalence of Encephalitozoon cuniculi Antibodies in Terrestrial Mammals in Iceland, 1986 to 1989
P. Hersteinsson,
E. Gunnarsson,
S. Hjartardóttir,
K. Skímisson
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 29 • No. 2
April 1993
Vol. 29 • No. 2
April 1993
Alopex lagopus
Apodemus
Arctic fox
Encephalitozoon cuniculi
feral mink
Mus
Mustela vison