Epizootic hemorrhagic disease affects wild and domestic ruminants and has recently spread northward within the United States. In September 2017, we detected epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus in wild white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus, in east-central Canada. Culicoides spp. midges of the subgenus Avaritia were the most common potential vectors identified on site.
Keywords: BTV; Canada; Culicoides; EHDV; RT-PCR; bluetongue; bluetongue virus; epizootic hemorrhagic disease; epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus; orbivirus; ruminants; vector-borne infections; viruses; white-tailed deer; zoonosis.