| antibodies to borrelia burgdorferi in deer and raccoons. | an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) was developed to detect serum antibodies to borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of lyme borreliosis, in deer (odocoileus virginianus) and raccoons (procyon lotor). blood samples were collected from these mammals in connecticut, maryland, north carolina, georgia and florida. seropositivity for deer was highest in connecticut (56% of 353 sera) and maryland (51% of 35 sera). raccoons in connecticut, maryland, north carolina, and florida also had an ... | 1991 | 1758022 |
| geographic occurrence of ixodes scapularis and amblyomma americanum (acari: ixodidae) infesting white-tailed deer in north carolina. | a state-wide survey to determine the occurrence and comparative numbers of ticks infecting white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) was conducted in north carolina (usa). one thousand six hundred twenty nine deer were examined in 60 of 100 counties; with the exception of one county in the piedmont region, all tick-infested deer occurred in the coastal plain. ixodes scapularis (46%) and amblyomma americanum (53%) were the most prevalent species encountered and accounted for more than 98% of the ... | 1990 | 2250335 |
| leukoencephalomalacia in a white-tailed deer from north carolina. | leukoencephalomalacia similar to equine leukoencephalomalacia occurred in a white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) from north carolina. the deer was recumbent and stuporous when presented for examination. it was believed that the disease resulted from ingestion of moldy field corn, infected with fusarium moniliforme. | 1989 | 2761012 |
| spirochetes in ticks and antibodies to borrelia burgdorferi in white-tailed deer from connecticut, new york state, and north carolina. | ticks were screened for spirochetes and serum samples from white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) were assayed for antibodies to borrelia burgdorferi during 1983-1984. using fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled rabbit antibodies produced to b. burgdorferi, the etiologic agent of lyme disease, spirochetes were detected in ixodes dammini (10.5% of 1,193) and dermacentor albipictus (0.6% of 157) adults from connecticut, i. dammini nymphs (49.1% of 108) and adults (64.7% of 99) from armonk, new yo ... | 1986 | 3520030 |
| white-tailed deer as a potential reservoir of ehrlichia spp. | we determined the antibody prevalence to ehrlichia spp., in white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) and the geographic distribution of seropositive animals in 84 counties in alabama, arkansas, florida, georgia, illinois, kentucky, louisiana, maryland, massachusetts, mississippi, missouri, north carolina, south carolina, tennessee, texas, virginia, and west virginia (usa). using an indirect fluorescent antibody test we detected antibodies (> or = 1:128) to this bacterium in 544 (43%) of 1269 d ... | 1994 | 8028099 |
| parelaphostrongylus tenuis on wassaw island, georgia: a result of translocating white-tailed deer. | meningeal worms (parelaphostrongylus tenuis) were found in each of five white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) examined from wassaw island, chatham county, georgia, in september 1993. this represents the first reported occurrence of the parasite on a southeastern barrier island and extends its geographic distribution approximately 140 km beyond the nearest known infected mainland deer population. according to an anecdotal account, six white-tailed deer were imported from pennsylvania and rel ... | 1996 | 9359075 |
| distribution of spiculopteragia pursglovei and s. odocoilei (nematoda: trichostrongyloidea) from white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) in the southeastern united states. | the distribution of spiculopteragia pursglovei (= apteragia pursglovei) and s. odocoilei (= a. odocoilei) in 12 southeastern states was determined after examining the abomasal contents of 1,369 white-tailed deer over an 8-yr period. spiculopteragia odocoilei was encountered with much greater frequency than s. pursglovei except in some areas along the mississippi river drainage and the coasts of north carolina and south carolina. in instances where both parasites were found in a population, one u ... | 1988 | 3357127 |
| culture and serologic survey for mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection among southeastern white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus). | from july 1998 through october 2002, radiometric culture (ileocecal lymph node, mesenteric lymph node, and feces) and serologic testing by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) were used to survey white-tailed deer (odocoilens virgianus) from the soutlheastern united states for infection by mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (mptb), the causative agent of paratuberculosis (johne's disease). mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis was isolated from the ileocecal lymph node of one ... | 2004 | 15362831 |
| natural and experimental infection of white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) from the united states with an ehrlichia sp. closely related to ehrlichia ruminantium. | an ehrlichia sp. (panola mountain [pm] ehrlichia sp.) closely related to ehrlichia ruminantium was recently detected in a domestic goat experimentally infested with lone star ticks (lsts, amblyomma americanum) collected from georgia, usa. the infected goat exhibited pyrexia and mild clinical pathologic abnormalities consistent with ehrlichiosis. at least two other ehrlichia species (ehrlichia chaffeensis and ehrlichia ewingii) are maintained in nature by a cycle involving lsts as the primary vec ... | 2008 | 18436670 |
| tick-borne diseases in north carolina: is "rickettsia amblyommii" a possible cause of rickettsiosis reported as rocky mountain spotted fever? | cases of rocky mountain spotted fever (rmsf) in north carolina have escalated markedly since 2000. in 2005, we identified a county in the piedmont region with high case numbers of rmsf. we collected ticks and examined them for bacterial pathogens using molecular methods to determine if a novel tick vector or spotted fever group rickettsiae (sfgr) might be emerging. amblyomma americanum, the lone star tick, comprised 99.6% of 6,502 specimens collected in suburban landscapes. in contrast, dermacen ... | 2008 | 18447622 |
| development of a management program for a mixed species wildlife park following an occurrence of malignant catarrhal fever. | during late 2001 and early 2002, a mixed species wildlife park in north carolina experienced an acute outbreak of morbidity and mortality in pere david's deer (elaphurus davidianus), axis deer (axis axis), blackbuck antelope (antelope cervicapra), white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus), and rocky mountain elk (cervus elaphus). clinical signs varied from fulminant disease, progressing from depression to bloody scours to death in fewer than 4 days in pere david's deer, to a more protracted for ... | 2008 | 18817000 |
| canine schistosomiasis in north america: an underdiagnosed disease with an expanding distribution. | heterobilharzia americana, a digenean trematode in the family schistosomatidae, is the etiologic agent of canine schistosomiasis in the southeastern united states.1 a few cases of canine schistosomiasis have been reported in florida, louisiana, north carolina, texas, and, recently, kansas.1-6 the natural definitive host for the fluke is the raccoon1; however, infections have been detected in nutrias, bobcats, mountain lions, opossums, white-tailed deer, swamp rabbits, armadillos, coyotes, red wo ... | 2010 | 20473851 |
| bionomics of anopheles quadrimaculatus and culex erraticus (diptera: culicidae) in the falls lake basin, north carolina: seasonal changes in abundance and gonotrophic status, and host-feeding patterns. | larval and adult anopheles quadrimaculatus say (sensu lato) and culex erraticus (dyar & knab) were collected at falls of the neuse lake (falls lake) in north carolina from may 1985 to december 1986. adult mosquitoes were aspirated weekly from shelters in woodlands adjacent to larval sampling sites. an. quadrimaculatus and cx. erraticus comprised > 95% of the total number of mosquitoes collected. an. quadrimaculatus adults exhibited vernal and autumnal peaks of abundance during both years. cx. er ... | 1993 | 8360893 |
| spatial and spatial-temporal clustering analysis of hemorrhagic disease in white-tailed deer in the southeastern usa: 1980-2003. | we used the space-time k function and kulldorff's scan statistic to analyze the spatial and spatial-temporal clustering of hemorrhagic disease (hd) in white-tailed deer in alabama, georgia, south carolina, north carolina, and tennessee. the hd occurrence data were binary presence/absence data acquired annually on a county basis from 1980 to 2003. space-time k function was employed to globally examine the existence of spatial-temporal clustering in the hd data. three approaches of kulldorff's sca ... | 2012 | 22554813 |
| spatial-temporal model of haemorrhagic disease in white-tailed deer in south-east usa, 1983 to 2000. | the present study constructed a spatial-temporal statistical model to identify the risk and protective factors for haemorrhagic disease (hd) in white-tailed deer in the five states of alabama, georgia, south carolina, north carolina and tennessee. the response variable was binary, indicating the presence or absence of hd in an individual county, measured annually from 1983 to 2000. predictor variables included climatic factors of temperature, rainfall, wind speed and dew point, remotely sensed d ... | 2012 | 22266681 |
| an update on the distribution of parelaphostrongylus tenuis in the southeastern united states. | an update is presented on the distribution of the meningeal worm (parelaphostrongylus tenuis) of white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) in the southeastern united states. the parasite is widely distributed and common in all or much of arkansas, kentucky, louisiana, maryland, north carolina, tennessee, virginia and west virginia. it is also common in the northern half of alabama and georgia. in contrast, it is rare or absent along the atlantic and gulf coastal plains of alabama, georgia, miss ... | 1991 | 2067060 |
| apteragia pursglovei sp. n. (trichostrongyloidea: trichostrongylidae) from the white-tailed deer, odocoileus virginianus. | two species of apteragia were found in white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) from 152 counties in 13 southeastern states. specimens previously reported as skrjabinagia odocoilei were reidentified as belonging to 2 similar species of the genus apteragia, a. odocoilei, and a. pursglovei sp. n. apteragia pursglovei sp. n. is differentiated primarily by the length, conformation, and degree of sclerotization of the spicules. of the 824 deer, a. odocoilei occurred in 76.5%, a. pursglovei in 13.8% ... | 1979 | 448613 |
| bunyavirus infections in north carolina white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus). | we analyzed serum from white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) collected in southeastern north carolina in 1991 for neutralizing antibodies to six mosquito-borne bunyaviruses (lacrosse, jamestown canyon, keystone,cache valley, potosi, and tensaw), including several of public health importance. evidence was found for all six to be locally transmitted, although greatest seroprevalence was found for potosi, jamestown canyon, and cache valley viruses. | 2001 | 12678047 |