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1 April 2004 Pulmonary Mycoplasmosis in Farmed White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
N. W. Dyer, D. F. Krogh, L. P. Schaan
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Abstract

An outbreak of respiratory disease at a farmed cervid facility resulted in isolation and identification of Mycoplasma bovis in four affected white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawns. Microscopically, pulmonary lesions similar to those associated with M. bovis infections in calves, including lymphoplasma-cytic peribronchiolar cuffing and caseonecrotic bronchiectasis, were present. Arcanobacterium pyogenes was recovered from lung tissue as well. This report indicates that M. bovis can be associated with respiratory disease in white-tailed deer.

Dyer, Krogh, and Schaan: Pulmonary Mycoplasmosis in Farmed White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
N. W. Dyer, D. F. Krogh, and L. P. Schaan "Pulmonary Mycoplasmosis in Farmed White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 40(2), 366-370, (1 April 2004). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-40.2.366
Received: 9 June 2003; Published: 1 April 2004
KEYWORDS
cervid
Mycoplasma bovis
Odocoileus virginianus
pneumonia
respiratory disease
white-tailed deer
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