| caprine herpesvirus-2-associated malignant catarrhal fever in white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus). | a subacute disease presenting primarily as alopecia and weight loss occurred in 2 white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) on farms in minnesota and in texas. a presumptive diagnosis of malignant catarrhal fever (mcf) was made on the basis of histological lesions. antibody against an epitope conserved among the mcf group viruses was detected in the serum of both deer. dna samples from the deer were subjected to a variety of pcr amplifications. alignment of the amplified sequences from the dise ... | 2003 | 12580295 |