RESPONSE OF WHITE-TAILED DEER TO INFECTION WITH PESTE DES PETITS RUMINANTS VIRUS
- 1 October 1976
- journal article
- Published by Wildlife Disease Association in Journal of Wildlife Diseases
- Vol. 12 (4) , 516-522
- https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-12.4.516
Abstract
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) were infected experimentally with two strains of peste des petits ruminants virus. The response varied from fatal consequence to subclinical infection. The clinical signs and gross lesions were similar to those in goats. Virus was recovered from all the infected deer, and survivors developed specific antibodies demonstrated by complement fixation and virus neutralization tests. Survivors also resisted challenge with virulent rinderpest virus that was lethal to a control deer.Keywords
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