With regard to Trichinella spp., T. britovi is regularly found in wild carnivores in Switzerland, with prevalences of 1.6% in red fox and about 27% in lynx (Lynx lynx). 13 Moreover, in 2020 T. spiralis was found in a lynx, indicating that also this Trichinella species occurs in Switzerland (unpublished author data). The systematic post-mortem examination of protected large carnivores such as wolf, brown bear (Ursus arctos), lynx and golden jackal allows for the rapid detection of new host species Korrespondenzadresse

The cover image, by N. Marreros et al., is based on the Original Article Fatal leptospirosis in free-ranging Eurasian beavers (Castor fiber L.), Switzerland, DOI: .