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Granulocytic ehrlichiosis in a roe deer calf in Norway
S Stuen1, E O Engvall, I van de Poll
1Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Department of Sheep and Goat Research, Sandnes. Snorre.Stuen@veths.no
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
|August 16, 2001
Abstract:
A case of granulocytic ehrlichiosis is described in a roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) calf from Norway. The calf was heavily infested with Ixodes ricinus and died from Escherichia coli septicemia. Granulocytic Ehrlichia sp. was detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from several organs and sequence determination identified a variant of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) agent. This is the first report of a possible clinical granulocytic Ehrlichia sp. infection in a roe deer.