Tularaemia bacteria can be found in hare meat

Tularaemia can infect and be transmitted between a large number of animal species, including humans. For the first time Gete Hestvik shows, in a dissertation from the National Veterinary Institute (SVA) and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), that the causative bacteria, Francisella tularensis, in Sweden also can be found in the muscle of hares and that antibodies against the bacterium can be detected in brown bear, red fox, wild boar and wolverine. PhD candidate Gete Hestvik, SVA. Photo: Mikael Propst/SVA The photo is free to use in conjunction with publishing of