| 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 |
| borrelia sp. in ticks recovered from white-tailed deer in alabama. | six hundred sixty-five hunter-killed white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) from 18 counties in alabama (usa) were examined for ticks. most of the collections were made at state-operated wildlife management areas. four species of ticks (n = 4,527) were recovered: the lone star tick amblyomma americanum (n = 482); the gulf coast tick a. maculatum (n = 11); the winter tick dermacentor albipictus (n = 1,242); and the black-legged tick ixodes scapularis (n = 2,792). fifty-six percent of the tick ... | 1992 | 1512879 |
| tick infestations of white-tailed deer in alabama. | four species of ticks were collected from 537 white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus), examined during the hunting seasons (november to january) of 1988-89 and 1989-90 at selected locations in alabama (usa). ixodes scapularis was the most common tick recovered (2,060 specimens) and infested 54% of the deer. dermacentor albipictus was the second most frequent tick (1,253 specimens) and infested 15% of the deer. amblyomma americanum was the third most frequent tick (315 specimens) and infested ... | 1991 | 1758026 |
| etiologic agent of lyme disease, borrelia burgdorferi, detected in ticks (acari: ixodidae) collected at a focus in alabama. | the study was conducted at sites of known transmission of borrelia burgdorferi in east central alabama. the objectives were to determine species of ticks present at these sites, their host associations, and species of ticks and small mammals naturally infected with b. burgdorferi. a total of 451 hosts were examined for ticks, including cotton mice, peromyscus gossypinus (le conte); cotton rats, sigmodon hispidus say & ord; southern short-tailed shrews, blarina carolinensis (bachman); house mice, ... | 1991 | 1941933 |
| prevalence and isolation of toxoplasma gondii from white-tailed deer in alabama. | nineteen white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) from 5 counties in alabama were examined for infection with toxoplasma gondii. twenty-gram samples of heart tissue were bioassayed in mice, serum was examined for t. gondii antibodies using the direct agglutination test, and sections of heart muscle were examined histologically for tissue cysts. toxoplasma gondii was isolated from 4 of 19 (21%) white-tailed deer hearts. antibody titers of greater than or equal to 1:50 were found in sera from 7 ... | 1991 | 1992096 |
| 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 |
| potential vectors of bluetongue and epizootic hemorrhagic disease viruses of cattle and white-tailed deer in alabama. | fourteen culicoides spp. were collected on holstein cattle in alabama: c. arboricola, c. bickleyi, c. biguttatus, c. debilipalpis, c. guttipennis, c. haematopotus, c. obsoletus, c. paraensis, c. piliferus, c. sanguisuga, c. spinosus, c. stellifer, c. variipennis and c. venustus. six culicoides spp. were collected directly from white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus): c. debilipalpis, c. niger, c. obsoletus, c. paraensis, c. sanguisuga and c. stellifer. based on their host-feeding behavior, ab ... | 1985 | 2989854 |
| prevalence of sarcocystis odocoileocanis from white-tailed deer in alabama and its attempted transmission to goats. | sarcocysts of sarcocystis odocoileocanis were found in tissue sections of hearts and tongues examined by light microscopy from 30 (88%) of 34 white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus). hearts were infected less often (13 of 34, 38%) than were tongues (30 of 34, 88%). sarcocysts of sarcocystis odoi were not observed in the white-tailed deer examined. a gray fox (urocyon cinereoargenteus) excreted sporocysts after consuming tongues of white-tailed deer infected with s. odocoileocanis. two goats i ... | 1988 | 3127603 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| evaluation of hunter-harvested white-tailed deer for evidence of bovine viral diarrhea virus infection in alabama. | bovine viral diarrhea virus (bvdv) is one of the most relevant pathogens affecting today's cattle industries. although great strides have been made in understanding this virus in cattle, little is known about the role of wildlife in the epidemiology of bvdv. while persistently infected cattle are the most important reservoir, free-ranging ungulates may become infected with bvdv as demonstrated by serosurveys and experimental infections. therefore, free-ranging wildlife may maintain bvdv as the r ... | 2008 | 18182515 |
| serologic survey for antibodies against three genotypes of bovine parainfluenza 3 virus in unvaccinated ungulates in alabama. | objective to determine titers of serum antibodies against 3 genotypes of bovine parainfluenza 3 virus (bpi3v) in unvaccinated ungulates in alabama. animals 62 cattle, goats, and new world camelids from 5 distinct herds and 21 captured white-tailed deer. procedures serum samples were obtained from all animals for determination of anti-bpi3v antibody titers, which were measured by virus neutralization assays that used indicator (reference) viruses from each of the 3 bpi3v genotypes (bpi3v-a, bpi3v ... | 2017 | 28140644 |
| relationship between habitat type, fire frequency, and amblyomma americanum populations in east-central alabama. | ticks were collected from 20 sites in the calhoun, cherokee, and cleburne counties in east-central alabama areas to determine the relationship between plant physiognomy, environmental variables, and tick populations. sites investigated included various burning regimes, wildland-urban-interface (wui), a college campus, and an unmanaged area. amblyomma americanum (l.) (acari: ixodidae) dominated the tick population while ixodes scapularis say was not encountered. there were complex differences in ... | 2012 | 23181862 |
| 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 |
| genetic characterization of toxoplasma gondii in wildlife from alabama, usa. | the genetic diversity of toxoplasma gondii circulating in wildlife is of interest to understand the transmission of this parasite in the environment. in the present study, we genetically characterized five t. gondii isolates from different wild animals including two isolates from a bobcat (lynx rufus), one from a red-shouldered hawk (buteo lineatus), one from a white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus), and one from a bald eagle (haliaeetus leucocephalus). genotyping of these samples using 11 p ... | 2013 | 23160892 |
| temporal analysis of feeding patterns of culex erraticus in central alabama. | host blood meals in seven mosquito species previously shown to be infected with eastern equine encephalitis virus at a site in the tuskegee national forest in southcentral alabama were investigated. of 1374 blood meals derived from 88 different host species collected over 6 years from these seven mosquito species, 1099 were derived from culex erraticus. analysis of the temporal pattern of cx. erraticus meals using a runs test revealed that the patterns of feeding upon avian and mammalian hosts f ... | 2011 | 21395423 |