Epizootic hemorrhagic disease in Alberta, Canada

J Wildl Dis. 2014 Jul;50(3):720-2. doi: 10.7589/2014-02-024. Epub 2014 May 7.

Abstract

Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) virus serotype 2 was identified by reverse-transcription (RT)-PCR in a white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) found dead in southern Alberta in September 2013. Field observations indicate at least 50 deer, primarily white-tailed deer, and three pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana) died during a suspected localized EHD outbreak.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alberta / epidemiology
  • Animals
  • Antelopes*
  • Deer*
  • Disease Outbreaks / veterinary*
  • Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, Epizootic / isolation & purification*
  • Reoviridae Infections / epidemiology
  • Reoviridae Infections / veterinary*
  • Reoviridae Infections / virology