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.
Pasick
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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.
Handel
K
K
Zhou
E M
EM
Clavijo
A
A
Coates
J
J
Robinson
Y
Y
Lincoln
B
B
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