PARATUBERCULOSIS IN KEY DEER (ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS CLAVIUM)

Charlotte F. Quist; Victor F. Nettles; Elizabeth J. B. Manning; D. Greg Hall; Joseph K. Gaydos; Tom J. Wilmers; Roel R. Lopez

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-38.4.729

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1 October 2002 PARATUBERCULOSIS IN KEY DEER (ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS CLAVIUM)

Charlotte F. Quist, Victor F. Nettles, Elizabeth J. B. Manning, D. Greg Hall, Joseph K. Gaydos, Tom J. Wilmers, Roel R. Lopez

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 38(4):729-737 (2002). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-38.4.729

Abstract

Paratuberculosis was diagnosed in an endangered Key deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium) in November 1996. Between 10 April 1997 and 28 September 2000, the Key deer population was monitored for infection with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis by necropsy of available carcasses (n = 170), fecal cultures, and serology. One additional clinically affected Key deer was discovered in July 1998, and M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis was cultured from the feces of one live, asymptomatic deer. The results of this study provided sufficient evidence to consider the Key deer herd infected with M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis at very low prevalence.

Quist, Nettles, Manning, Hall, Gaydos, Wilmers, and Lopez: PARATUBERCULOSIS IN KEY DEER (ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS CLAVIUM)

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Charlotte F. Quist, Victor F. Nettles, Elizabeth J. B. Manning, D. Greg Hall, Joseph K. Gaydos, Tom J. Wilmers, and Roel R. Lopez "PARATUBERCULOSIS IN KEY DEER (ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS CLAVIUM)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38(4), 729-737, (1 October 2002). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-38.4.729

Received: 30 October 2001; Published: 1 October 2002

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