Determining Prevalence of Bluetongue and Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Viruses in Mule Deer in Arizona (USA) Using Whole Blood Dried on Paper Strips Compared to Serum Analyses

• Published in: Journal of wildlife diseases Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 159 - 163
• Main Authors: Dubay, Shelli A., Rosenstock, Steven S., Stallknecht, David E., deVos, James C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wildlife Disease Association 01.01.2006; Wildlife Dis Assoc
• Subjects: Animals; Arizona; Arizona - epidemiology; Blood Specimen Collection - methods; Blood Specimen Collection - standards; Blood Specimen Collection - veterinary; Bluetongue - epidemiology; Bluetongue virus; Bluetongue virus - immunology; Bluetongue virus - isolation & purification; Deer - virology; dried blood; Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus; Hematologic Tests - methods; Hematologic Tests - standards; Hematologic Tests - veterinary; Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, Epizootic - immunology; Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, Epizootic - isolation & purification; mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Reagent Strips; Reoviridae Infections - epidemiology; Reoviridae Infections - veterinary; Seroepidemiologic Studies; serology; Serotyping - veterinary; SHORT COMMUNICATIONS; Arizona; USA, Arizona

We investigated the feasibility of using whole blood dried on paper strips as a means to collect antibody prevalence data for the epizootic hemorrhagic disease viruses (EHDV) and bluetongue viruses (BTV) from hunter-harvested male mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in October 2002 from Arizona, USA. We...