title: Experimental bluetongue disease in white-tailed deer.
abstract: Nine white-tailed deer and six sheep were experimentally exposed to the California BTV-8 strain of bluetongue virus. The infections were fatal for seven of the nine deer. An additional deer died from exposure to an isolate of bluetongue virus from bighorn sheep. Clinical signs and lesions of bluetongue in deer were described. The incubation period, signs and lesions of bluetongue and epizootic hemorrhagic disease of deer appear to be similar. Virus isolations were made from the blood and a variety of tissues of exposed deer and identified as bluetongue virus. Neutralizing antibodies were detected in all of the convalescent sera.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Vosdingh
authors.forename: D O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Trainer
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Easterday
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D001819:Bluetongue / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000652:urine; D003670:Deer / Q000821:virology*; D004198:Disease Susceptibility / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D007668:Kidney / Q000821:virology; D008099:Liver / Q000821:virology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D009500:Neutralization Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D013154:Spleen / Q000821:virology; D014059:Tongue / Q000821:virology; D014766:Viremia / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral