Pulmonary mycoplasmosis in farmed white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).
An outbreak of respiratory disease at a farmed cervid facility resulted in isolation and identification of Mycoplasma boris in four affected white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawns. Microscopically, pulmonary lesions similar to those associated with M. bovis infections in calves, inclulding lymphoplasmacytic peribronchiolar cuffing and caseonecrotic bronchiectasis, were present. Arcanobacterium pyogenes was recovered from lung tissue as well. This report indicates that M. bovis can be associated with respiratory disease in white-tailed deer.
Dyer
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Veterinary Diagnostic Services Department, Van Es Laboratories, North Dakota State University, Fargo 58105, USA. neil.dyer@ndsu.nodak.edu
Krogh
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Schaan
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D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000382:microbiology; D003670:Deer / Q000382:microbiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D045682:Mycoplasma bovis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009658:North Dakota / Q000453:epidemiology; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013045:Species Specificity