Hemorrhagic Disease in White-tailed Deer in Texas: A Case for Enzootic Stability

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 695-700

  Stallknecht, David E ^a   Luttrell, M Page ^a   Smith, Kirk E ^a   Nettles, Victor F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluetongue virus; Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus; Epizootiology; Hemorrhagic disease; Odocoileus virginianus; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERVIDAE; EPIZOOTIC HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CLASSIFICATION; DEER; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOLOGY; ORBIVIRUS; PREVALENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROTYPING; SHEEP DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; DEER; HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS, EPIZOOTIC; IMMUNODIFFUSION; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PREVALENCE; REOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; TEXAS;

EID: 0030251698     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.4.695     Document Type: Article

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