Incursion of epizootic hemorrhagic disease into the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia in 1999.
In September 1999, unusually high mortality rates in white-tailed deer and California bighorn sheep occurred in the southern Okanagan Valley. Necropsy and histopathologic findings were compatible with epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD); the presence of virus was not demonstrated. Subsequent serologic and polymerase chain reaction assays on sentinel cattle suggested an EHD virus incursion.
Canadian Food Inspection Agency, National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health, 1015 Arlington Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 3M4.
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D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D001955:British Columbia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003670:Deer; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D018164:Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, Epizootic / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D012088:Reoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology
D000914:Antibodies, Viral