Causes of morbidity and mortality in free-ranging Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in Switzerland, 2000–2022

• Stéphanie Borel,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Fish and Wildlife Health, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology, University of Bern, Vetsuisse Faculty, Bern, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2663-1479

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• Iris Marti,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Fish and Wildlife Health, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology, University of Bern, Vetsuisse Faculty, Bern, Switzerland

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• Francesco C. Origgi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute for Fish and Wildlife Health, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology, University of Bern, Vetsuisse Faculty, Bern, Switzerland, Institute of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy, Institute of Microbiology, Department of environment, constructions and design, University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland, Mendrisio, Switzerland

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• Gary Delalay,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Fish and Wildlife Health, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology, University of Bern, Vetsuisse Faculty, Bern, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2537-3634

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• Christine Breitenmoser,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Foundation KORA Carnivore Ecology and Wildlife Management, Ittigen, Switzerland

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• Samoa Zürcher-Giovannini,

  Roles Data curation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Fish and Wildlife Health, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology, University of Bern, Vetsuisse Faculty, Bern, Switzerland

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• Caroline F. Frey,

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology, University of Bern, Vetsuisse Faculty, Bern, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6478-7493

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• Walter Basso,

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology, University of Bern, Vetsuisse Faculty, Bern, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3334-629X

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• Daniela Schweizer,

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Clinical Radiology, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Bern, Vetsuisse Faculty, Bern, Switzerland

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• Sonja Kittl,

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology, University of Bern, Vetsuisse Faculty, Bern, Switzerland

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• Marie-Pierre Ryser-Degiorgis ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶Deceased. Marie-Pierre Ryser-Degiorgis passed away before the submission of this manuscript.

  Affiliation Institute for Fish and Wildlife Health, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology, University of Bern, Vetsuisse Faculty, Bern, Switzerland

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• Saskia Keller

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: saskia.keller@unibe.ch

  Affiliation Institute for Fish and Wildlife Health, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology, University of Bern, Vetsuisse Faculty, Bern, Switzerland

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