Retrospective detection by negative contrast electron microscopy of faecal viral particles in free-living wild red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) with suspected enteropathy in Great Britain

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Funding Acknowledgements

The authors thank the People's Trust for Endangered Species for funding this study; the collaborating organisations, namely, the Institute of Zoology, Universities of Edinburgh and Liverpool, the Jersey Red Squirrel, Wight Squirrel and Anglesey Red Squirrel Projects; the many anonymous members of the public and squirrel conservation groups who submitted the numerous carcases for examination; and Sylvia Grierson for performing the PCR analyses.