| babesia odocoilei emerson and wright, 1970 in white-tailed deer, odocoileus virginianus (zimmermann), in virginia. | pooled blood samples from six white-tailed deer from the great dismal swamp in virginia were inoculated into two splenectomized deer. a moderately severe clinical reaction ensued, characterized by a hemolytic anemia, and a babesia found in both recipient animals was presumptively identified as b. odocoilei. this is the first reported identification of this parasite in white-tailed deer in virginia. | 1985 | 3999247 |