| antibodies to vesicular stomatitis new jersey type virus in white-tailed deer on ossabaw island, georgia, 1985 to 1989. | from 1985 to 1989, 491 serum samples were collected from white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) on ossabaw island, georgia (usa) and were tested for neutralizing antibodies to new jersey and indiana type vesicular stomatitis viruses. prevalence of antibodies to vesicular stomatitis new jersey (vsnj) virus in deer for the 5-yr period was 43%. prevalence of antibodies differed by year (p less than 0.0001), and was dependent on age class (p less than 0.0001) and location on the island (p less t ... | 1991 | 1661786 |
| serological evidence of california group and cache valley virus infection in minnesota white-tailed deer. | blood samples were obtained from 138 white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) harvested at three sites surrounding the greater minneapolis-st. paul, minnesota, metropolitan area (usa) and tested for neutralizing antibody to cache valley virus and three california serogroup (jamestown canyon, la crosse, trivittatus) viruses (bunyaviridae). deer at each site had neutralizing antibody to one or more california serogroup viruses and/or cache valley virus. the majority of adult deer (85%) had antib ... | 1991 | 1906113 |
| virus-vector-host relationships of aedes stimulans and jamestown canyon virus in a northern indiana enzootic focus. | collections of hematophagous diptera at the kingsbury state fish and wildlife area in northern indiana between 1982 and 1984 yielded 118,972 mosquitoes from which 5 isolates of jamestown canyon virus and 3 isolates of trivittatus virus were obtained. all jamestown canyon isolates were from aedes stimulans, including 1 from a pool of newly emerged males and 2 from pools of newly emerged females. these 3 isolates suggest that jamestown canyon virus is transovarially transmitted by ae. stimulans. a ... | 1986 | 2878626 |
| seroconversion rates to jamestown canyon virus among six populations of white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) in indiana. | the annual seroconversion of fawns, yearlings, and adult white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) to jamestown canyon virus (california group) was followed at six indiana sites from 1981 through 1984. in all, sera from 1,642 deer (515 fawns, 618 yearlings, and 509 adults) were tested for neutralizing antibody to three california serogroup viruses: jamestown canyon, la crosse, and trivittatus. virtually all deer with specific neutralizing antibody showed evidence of a prior infection with james ... | 1987 | 3820426 |
| cache valley and potosi viruses (bunyaviridae) in white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus): experimental infections and antibody prevalence in natural populations. | cache valley virus (cvv) and potosi virus (potv) are two closely related mosquito-borne viruses (bunyaviridae: bunyamwera group) that appear to circulate in several regions of the united states, especially the midwest. we determined the prevalence of specific neutralizing antibodies to both viruses in indiana white-tailed deer and conducted infection experiments to assess whether deer could serve as an vertebrate-amplifying host. cross-infection experiments also were carried out to investigate t ... | 1998 | 9840585 |
| survey for vesicular stomatitis virus neutralizing antibodies in serums of white-tailed deer odocoileus virginianus of the southeastern united states. | new jersey type vesicular stomatitis (vs) antibodies were found in 14 of 677 deer serums tested by neutralization tests in embryonated chicken eggs. twelve positive serums were received from louisiana and two from georgia. eight of the positive deer serums from louisiana were collected in the area of the only reported case of vs during 1967. clinical vs has not been diagnosed in the east coast states since 1964. two positive deer serums were collected on ossabaw island, georgia, and three positi ... | 1970 | 16512162 |
| the use of harvested white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) and geographic information system (gis) methods to characterize distribution and locate spatial clusters of borrelia burgdorferi and its vector ixodes scapularis in indiana. | ixodes scapularis (say) is the vector for borrelia burgdorferi (bb) the causative agent of lyme disease (ld). the increased number and presence of ticks in the environment pose a significant health risk to people and many domestic animals including dogs, cats, and horses. this study characterized the distribution and expansion of i. scapularis and bb and identified areas of increased risk of ld transmission in indiana using geographical information systems (gis) and spatial analysis. a cross-sec ... | 2009 | 19272000 |
| detection of a novel reassortant epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (ehdv) in the usa containing rna segments derived from both exotic (ehdv-6) and endemic (ehdv-2) serotypes. | epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (ehdv) is a culicoides-transmitted orbivirus that infects domestic and wild ruminants and is provisionally thought to be distributed throughout africa, north america, australia, east asia and the middle east. historically, of the seven proposed serotypes of ehdv, only ehdv-1 and ehdv-2 have been reported from north america. in 2006, ehdv isolates were recovered from moribund or dead white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) in indiana and illinois that could ... | 2010 | 19828758 |
| white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) as a potential sentinel for human lyme disease in indiana. | we assessed the potential of white-tailed deer (wtd) (odocoileus virginianus) to be a sentinel for human cases of lyme disease (ld) in indiana using location data from a 3-year survey of approximately 3400 hunted deer with associated tick ixodes scapularis and borrelia burgdorferi (bb) data. data on human ld cases at the county level were obtained from the indiana department of health. all data were assigned to county centroids to match the resolution of the ld data before creating optimized tre ... | 2013 | 22776734 |
| merogonic stages of theileria cervi in mule deer (odocoileus hemionus). | in february 2012, 12 farmed mule deer (odocoileus hemionus) were moved from a facility in southwestern oklahoma to a facility in southeastern oklahoma that housed 100 farmed white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus). between the third and fifth weeks, 9 of the 12 mule deer had died, 4 of which were submitted for necropsy. the deer were heavily infested with amblyomma americanum (lone star ticks). hematologic data from 1 deer revealed severe anemia, leukocytosis, and intraerythrocytic hemoparasi ... | 2013 | 24029405 |
| prevalence and characterization of bovine viral diarrhea virus in the white-tailed deer population in indiana. | bovine viral diarrhea (bvd) is one of the economically important diseases of cattle. for many years, different types of vaccines have been commercially available, yet this disease is hard to control in high-density population areas. detection and isolation of bovine viral diarrhea virus (bvdv) from any potential reservoir is vital, especially when considering virus eradication from a herd or locale. one potential source is wild ruminants. ear notches and lymph nodes were collected from the wild ... | 2008 | 18182513 |
| distribution of ehrlichia chaffeensis (rickettsiales: rickettsiaeceae) in amblyomma americanum in southern indiana and prevalence of e. chaffeensis--reactive antibodies in white-tailed deer in indiana and ohio in 1998. | to continue monitoring the prevalence and distribution of ehrlichia chaffeensis (rickettsiales: rickettsiaeceae) in southern indiana, a total of 498 amblyomma americanum (l.) ticks (262 adults and 292 nymphs) was collected from five southern indiana counties during may and june 1998. ticks were pooled and examined for the presence of e. chaffeensis using nested polymerase chain reaction and primers specific for the 16s rrna gene of e. chaffeensis. the average minimum infection rate for adult tic ... | 2000 | 10916302 |
| infection rates of amblyomma americanum (acari: ixodidae) by ehrlichia chaffeensis (rickettsiales: ehrlichieae) and prevalence of e. chaffeensis-reactive antibodies in white-tailed deer in southern indiana, 1997. | to monitor the percentage and stability of ehrlichia chaffeensis-infected ticks in southern indiana over time, pools of amblyomma americanum (l.) ticks were screened for infection in southern indiana for a 2nd time. nested polymerase chain reaction (with 6% dmso included only in the 2nd reaction) was performed on 920 ticks in pools of 5 individuals from 9 sites (5 sites previously examined and 4 new ones) in 6 counties. the average minimum infection rate for all sites for 1997 was 1.6%, lower th ... | 1999 | 10593071 |
| serologic surveillance for vesicular stomatitis virus on ossabaw island, georgia. | seventeen species of mammals and seven species of birds from ossabaw island, georgia, were tested for vesicular stomatitis (vs) neutralizing antibodies. seropositive results were restricted to mammals with six of 17 species testing seropositive for vs (new jersey type) neutralizing antibodies. seropositive species included: raccoons (procyon lotor), white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus), feral swine (sus scrofa), cattle (bos taurus), horses (equus caballus), and donkeys (equus asinus). all ... | 1985 | 2987546 |
| Identification of a Mycoplasma ovis-like organism in a herd of farmed white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in rural Indiana. | Mycoplasma ovis is a hemoplasma parasite of sheep, goats, and reindeer; however, natural hemoplasma infection in white-tailed deer has not previously been reported. Subsequent to finding many coccoid, bacillary, and ring-shaped organisms, consistent with hemotropic mycoplasmas, on RBCs from a 72-day-old female white-tailed fawn, we sought to (1) identify the putative hemoplasma observed in blood from the fawn, (2) evaluate others in the herd for hemoplasma infection, and (3) identify clinicopath ... | 2011 | 22112325 |
| characterization of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus from a bovine with clinical disease with high nucleotide sequence identity to white-tailed deer isolates. | epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (ehdv) was isolated from a pregnant cow in indiana, usa, exhibiting excessive salivation, pyrexia and abortion. vp2, vp5, and vp7 sequences of the isolated bovine ehdv showed 97.7, 97.4, and 97.9 % identity to a serotype 2 reference virus. bovine ehdv was closely related (>99.9 %) to white tailed deer (wtd) ehdv collected from iowa in 2013 and showed less than 2.1 % divergence from ehdv collected from wtd across the usa in 2013. the high degree of sequence ide ... | 2014 | 24852073 |
| host and potential vector susceptibility to an emerging orbivirus in the united states: epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus serotype 6. | epizootic hemorrhagic disease viruses (ehdvs) are orbiviruses transmitted by culicoides biting midges to domestic and wild ruminants. ehdv-1 and ehdv-2 are endemic in the united states, where epizootic hemorrhagic disease is the most significant viral disease of white-tailed deer (wtd;odocoileus virginianus) and reports of epizootic hemorrhagic disease in cattle are increasing. in 2006, a reassortant ehdv-6 was isolated from dead wtd in indiana and has been detected each subsequent year over a w ... | 2016 | 26459518 |