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Hemorrhagic disease in deer in Arizona
Ted H Noon1, Shannon Lynn Wesche, Jim Heffelfinger
1Arizona Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, 2831 N. Freeway, Tucson, Arizona 85705, USA. tnoon@ag.arizona.edu
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
|February 13, 2002
Abstract:
Two mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and one white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Arizona (USA) were submitted for necropsy. Gross and microscopic lesions compatible with hemorrhagic disease (HD) were observed in all three deer. Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus type 2 (EHDV-2) was isolated from two of the deer. To our knowledge, this is the first documentation of HD in deer in Arizona. Two of the mortalities were attributed to EHDV-2 infection.