Sudden Mortality in Captive White-Tailed Deer With Atypical Infestation of Winter Tick
Abstract In October 2020, three captive male white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus [Zimmermann] (artiodactyla: Cervidae), were found dead in central Pennsylvania and a fourth was euthanized due to extreme lethargy. The deer presented with high burdens of Dermacentor albipictus (Packard) (Ixoda:...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/jme/tjab043 2024-06-23T07:45:11+00:00 Sudden Mortality in Captive White-Tailed Deer With Atypical Infestation of Winter Tick Machtinger, Erika T Springer, Hayley R Brown, Jessica E Olafson, Pia U Foley, Janet 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjab043 http://academic.oup.com/jme/article-pdf/58/4/1962/39072229/tjab043.pdf en eng Oxford University Press (OUP) https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model Journal of Medical Entomology volume 58, issue 4, page 1962-1965 ISSN 0022-2585 1938-2928 journal-article 2021 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjab043 2024-06-04T06:10:47Z Abstract In October 2020, three captive male white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus [Zimmermann] (artiodactyla: Cervidae), were found dead in central Pennsylvania and a fourth was euthanized due to extreme lethargy. The deer presented with high burdens of Dermacentor albipictus (Packard) (Ixoda: Ixodidae) (winter tick). There were no other clinical symptoms and deer were in otherwise good physical condition with no observed alopecia. Winter tick epizootics have been associated with mortalities of moose, Alces alces [Linnaeus] (artiodactyla: cervidae), and more recently elk, Cervus canadensis [Erxleben] (artiodactyla: cervidae), in Pennsylvania, but have not been reported in white-tailed deer. Mild winters are favorable to winter ticks and deer producers and managers should be aware of possible infestations as a result. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces Oxford University Press Journal of Medical Entomology |
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Abstract In October 2020, three captive male white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus [Zimmermann] (artiodactyla: Cervidae), were found dead in central Pennsylvania and a fourth was euthanized due to extreme lethargy. The deer presented with high burdens of Dermacentor albipictus (Packard) (Ixoda: Ixodidae) (winter tick). There were no other clinical symptoms and deer were in otherwise good physical condition with no observed alopecia. Winter tick epizootics have been associated with mortalities of moose, Alces alces [Linnaeus] (artiodactyla: cervidae), and more recently elk, Cervus canadensis [Erxleben] (artiodactyla: cervidae), in Pennsylvania, but have not been reported in white-tailed deer. Mild winters are favorable to winter ticks and deer producers and managers should be aware of possible infestations as a result. |
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Machtinger, Erika T Springer, Hayley R Brown, Jessica E Olafson, Pia U |
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Machtinger, Erika T Springer, Hayley R Brown, Jessica E Olafson, Pia U Sudden Mortality in Captive White-Tailed Deer With Atypical Infestation of Winter Tick |
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Machtinger, Erika T Springer, Hayley R Brown, Jessica E Olafson, Pia U |
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Machtinger, Erika T |
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Sudden Mortality in Captive White-Tailed Deer With Atypical Infestation of Winter Tick |
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Sudden Mortality in Captive White-Tailed Deer With Atypical Infestation of Winter Tick |
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Sudden Mortality in Captive White-Tailed Deer With Atypical Infestation of Winter Tick |
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Sudden Mortality in Captive White-Tailed Deer With Atypical Infestation of Winter Tick |
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Sudden Mortality in Captive White-Tailed Deer With Atypical Infestation of Winter Tick |
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sudden mortality in captive white-tailed deer with atypical infestation of winter tick |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjab043 http://academic.oup.com/jme/article-pdf/58/4/1962/39072229/tjab043.pdf |
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Journal of Medical Entomology volume 58, issue 4, page 1962-1965 ISSN 0022-2585 1938-2928 |
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