A POST-MORTEM DISEASE SURVEY OF WHITE-TAILED DEER ON EDGEWOOD ARSENAL, MARYLAND.
Abstract
Thirty-seven white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) killed by hunters on Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland were examined for spontaneous diseases. Gross necropsy and histologic examinations revealed cysticercosis, gongylonemiasis, setariasis, sarcosporidiosis, protostrongyliasis, balantidiasis, and other infections and parasitisms. Serologic studies on 34 samples showed antibodies to four Leptospira serotypes, Q fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and tularemia. No evidence of Brucella spp., Anaplasma spp., Salmonella spp., Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and Eastern equine, Western equine, and St. Louis encephalomyelitides was found. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0675408
Entities
People
- Duane F. Ford
- John F. Ferrell
- Prescott F. Ward
- Ralph D. Chadwick