A survey of 41 mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and three white-tailed deer (O. virginianus) for bovine tuberculosis was conducted on a Montana (USA) cattle ranch from 2 November 1993 through January 1994. Gross and microscopic lesions typical of tuberculosis were present in tonsil and lymph nodes of the head, thorax, and abdomen of one adult female mule deer. Additionally, a single microgranuloma considered morphologically suggestive of tuberculosis was present in one lymph node of the head of a second mule deer. Mycobacterial isolates from lymph nodes of the head and thorax of the first deer were identified as Mycobacterium bovis.
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1 July 1995
Bovine Tuberculosis in a Free-ranging Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) from Montana
Jack Rhyan,
Keith Aune,
Brian Hood,
Ryan Clarke,
Janet Payeur,
Jerald Jarnagin,
Larry Stack-house
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 31 • No. 3
July 1995
Vol. 31 • No. 3
July 1995
game farm
mule deer
Mycobacterium bovis
Odocoileus hemionus
pathology
TUBERCULOSIS