Monthly Incidence of Theileria cervi and Seroconversion to Babesia odocoilei in White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Texas

Monthly monitoring of fawns collected from an area in Texas endemic for Theileria cervi and Babesia odocoilei showed that transmission of T. cervi occurred during July and August, a time period consistent with the occurrence of Amblyomma americanum. Seroconversion to B. odocoilei occurred during Oct...

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Published inJournal of wildlife diseases Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 457 - 459
Main Authors Waldrup, Kenneth A, Moritz, Jon, Baggett, David, Magyar, Steve, Wagner, G. G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Wildlife Disease Association 01.07.1992
Wildlife Dis Assoc
Subjects
Amblyomma americanum
Animals
Antibodies, Protozoan - blood
Arachnid Vectors - parasitology
Babesia - immunology
Babesia odocoilei
Babesiosis - epidemiology
Deer - parasitology
Erythrocytes - parasitology
Incidence
Ixodes scapularis
Odocoileus virginianus
Prevalence
Seasons
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Texas - epidemiology
Theileria - isolation & purification
Theileria cervi
Theileriasis - epidemiology
ticks
Ticks - parasitology
white-tailed deer
Texas
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Summary:Monthly monitoring of fawns collected from an area in Texas endemic for Theileria cervi and Babesia odocoilei showed that transmission of T. cervi occurred during July and August, a time period consistent with the occurrence of Amblyomma americanum. Seroconversion to B. odocoilei occurred during October to December and possibly continued through January and February. The time of seroconversion was more suggestive of transmission of B. odocoilei by Ixodes scapularis than by Amblyomma americanum.
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ISSN:0090-3558
1943-3700
DOI:10.7589/0090-3558-28.3.457