Studies on leoprosy in red squirrels to start on Bownsea Island in Poole Harbour
Monday, May 9th, 2016Several cases of a strain of leprosy bacteria were found in red squirrels in Scotland in 2014 and it may have been present in squirrel populations for a long time. Leprosy has also been identified in squirrels from the Isle of Wight, and Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour off the south coast of England. Brownsea […]