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25 March 2021 Adenovirus Hemorrhagic Disease in Moose (Alces americanus gigas) in Alaska, USA
Kathy Burek-Huntington, Myrna M. Miller, Kimberlee Beckmen
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Abstract

In 1993, an epizootic of adenovirus hemorrhagic disease (AHD) caused the death of at least 1,000 mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in California, US. Since then, numerous cervid species throughout the US have had deaths confirmed to be caused by AHD. In 2015, the death of two captive moose (Alces americanus gigas) calves marked the first recognized AHD-caused deaths in Alaska, a state in which moose are important economically as well as for food security and cultural identity. Both cases were characterized by systemic vasculitis with endothelial cell intranuclear inclusion bodies, pulmonary edema, petechial hemorrhages, and enterotyphlocolitis.

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Kathy Burek-Huntington, Myrna M. Miller, and Kimberlee Beckmen "Adenovirus Hemorrhagic Disease in Moose (Alces americanus gigas) in Alaska, USA," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 57(2), 418-422, (25 March 2021). https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-20-00102
Received: 8 June 2020; Accepted: 29 October 2020; Published: 25 March 2021
KEYWORDS
Adenovirus hemorrhagic disease
Alces americanus gigas
Deer atadenovirus A
moose
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