Adenovirus Hemorrhagic Disease Killing Oregon Deer

Adenovirus Hemorrhagic Disease Killing Oregon Deer


"Pulmonary edema and intestinal luminal hemorrhage, or necrotizing stomatitis associated with systemic or localized vasculitis, respectively, were common lesions seen in animals that died during the epizootic." *

*http://www.jwildlifedis.org/cgi/content/abstract/37/1/153

Some good information on Adenovirus Hemorrhagic Disease (AHD) from Oregon Wildlife Division Wildlife Health
Program.

Patty


Date: 9 Dec 2010
Source: KBND.com [edited]
http://www.kbnd.com/page.php?page_id=60247&article_id=3975
Deer Affected by Disease
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Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) officials say they have found more deer dead from adenovirus hemorrhagic disease than in the past.

ODFW spokesman Steven George says once a deer is exposed, there is nothing that can save it. "What they're dying from is a disease called adenovirus hemorrhagic disease. It's a disease specific to just deer. Pets, livestock do not get it, it kills most of the animals that are exposed to it. We had a major outbreak about 6-7 years ago at Crooked River Ranch."

George says they encourage you not to feed the deer because the disease is passed to deer through nose to nose and saliva contact and so it will wipe out a congregating herd. He says a couple of months ago, they were finding about one to 2 dead deer every day in the Cove Palisades Park and Crooked River Ranch area, but the numbers are going down now.

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Communicated by:
ProMED-mail
promed@promedmail.org
Deer are susceptible to this disease. Pets and other livestock do not acquire this disease.

Readers are encouraged to read the moderator's comments regarding this disease on ProMED-mail post 20100821.2923. - Mod.TG]

The interactive HealthMap/ProMED map for Oregon is available at: http://healthmap.org/r/00WS - CopyEd.EJP

see also:
Adenovirus hemorrhagic disease, cervids - USA: (OR)20100821.2923
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Patricia A. Doyle DVM, PhD Bus Admin, Tropical Agricultural Economics Univ of West Indies Please visit my "Emerging Diseases" message board at: http://www.emergingdisease.org/phpbb/index.php Also my new website: http://drpdoyle.tripod.com/ Zhan le Devlesa tai sastimasa Go with God and in Good Health