Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii in free-ranging white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

M Colter Chitwood; Ricardo G Maggi; Suzanne Kennedy-Stoskopf; Marcée Toliver; Christopher S DePerno

doi:10.7589/2012-11-286

Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii in free-ranging white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

J Wildl Dis. 2013 Apr;49(2):468-70. doi: 10.7589/2012-11-286.

Authors

M Colter Chitwood¹, Ricardo G Maggi, Suzanne Kennedy-Stoskopf, Marcée Toliver, Christopher S DePerno

Affiliation

¹ Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Program, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA. colter_chitwood@ncsu.edu

PMID: 23568932
DOI: 10.7589/2012-11-286

Abstract

Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii has not been detected previously in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). We tested whole blood from 60 white-tailed deer for Bartonella spp. DNA; three (5%) were positive for Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii. This is the first detection of Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii in white-tailed deer.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Animals, Wild / microbiology
Bartonella / isolation & purification
Bartonella Infections / epidemiology
Bartonella Infections / veterinary*
DNA, Bacterial / analysis
Deer / microbiology*
Female
North Carolina / epidemiology

Substances

DNA, Bacterial