Experimental malignant catarrhal fever (African form) in white-tailed deer

• Published in: Journal of wildlife diseases Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 443 - 451
• Main Authors: Whitenack, DL, Castro, AE, Kocan, AA
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wildlife Dis Assoc 01.07.1981
• Subjects: Animals; Brain - pathology; Cattle; Deer; Lung - pathology; Lymph Nodes - pathology; Malignant Catarrh - pathology; Malignant Catarrh - transmission; Odocoileus virginianus

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) were experimentally infected with the African form of malignant catarrhal fever (AMCF) virus by inoculation of whole blood from experimentally infected cattle, from whole blood obtained from a greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) and from virus isolated...