… In 2009, as part of investigations into a potential source for red squirrel infections, frozen
spleens from both animals were assayed at VLA – Weybridge using identical PCR methods
and both were found to be positive for adenoviral DNA. We believe these Anglesey cases to
be the first molecular confirmation of the presence of adenoviral DNA in body tissues from
grey squirrels. Further serological studies are ongoing on archived blood samples from grey
squirrels that have since been culled from Newborough Forest to try to establish the …