title: Viruses isolated from captive and free-ranging wild ruminants in Alberta.
abstract: Nasal secretions, leukocytes and preputial or vaginal swabs from a group of 15 captive wild ruminants, comprising six pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana), seven fallow deer (Dama dama) and two mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), and from 50 free-ranging pronghorns in southern Alberta, were examined for viral agents. Captive animals were given injections of dexamethasone daily for 6 days in attempts to reactivate latent infections. Specimens were collected at 2-3 day intervals from days 0 to 18. Free-ranging pronghorns were sampled only once, at the time of capture. Fifteen viral isolates were obtained from the animals: six isolates of parainfluenza 3 (PI3) from nasal swabs from one fallow deer and one mule deer; five isolates of herpesvirus from leukocytes, vaginal, preputial and nasal swabs from three fallow deer; and four isolates of PI3 from nasal secretions of the 50 free-ranging pronghorns.
mesh_terms: D000416:Alberta; D000818:Animals; D000866:Antelopes / Q000382:microbiology*; D001188:Artiodactyla / Q000382:microbiology*; D003670:Deer / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose / Q000382:microbiology; D010224:Parainfluenza Virus 3, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology