Monthly Incidence of Theileria cervi and Seroconversion to Babesia odocoilei in White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Texas

Kenneth A. Waldrup; Jon Moritz; David Baggett; Steve Magyar; G. G. Wagner

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-28.3.457

1 July 1992 Monthly Incidence of Theileria cervi and Seroconversion to Babesia odocoilei in White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Texas

Kenneth A. Waldrup, Jon Moritz, David Baggett, Steve Magyar, G. G. Wagner

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 28(3):457-459 (1992). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-28.3.457

Abstract

Monthly monitoring of fawns collected from an area in Texas endemic for Theileria cervi and Babesia odocoilei showed that transmission of T. cervi occurred during July and August, a time period consistent with the occurrence of Amblyomma americanum. Seroconversion to B. odocoilei occurred during October to December and possibly continued through January and February. The time of seroconversion was more suggestive of transmission of B. odocoilei by Ixodes scapularis than by Amblyomma americanum.

Waldrup, Moritz, Baggett, Magyar, and Wagner: Monthly Incidence of Theileria cervi and Seroconversion to Babesia odocoilei in White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Texas

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Kenneth A. Waldrup, Jon Moritz, David Baggett, Steve Magyar, and G. G. Wagner "Monthly Incidence of Theileria cervi and Seroconversion to Babesia odocoilei in White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Texas," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 28(3), 457-459, (1 July 1992). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-28.3.457

Received: 20 March 1991; Published: 1 July 1992

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