Atypical interstitial pneumonia in grazing adult red deer (Cervus elaphus).
A herd of red deer experienced a small outbreak of atypical interstitial pneumonia on two occasions 3 years apart. The first occasion involved the death of two of a group of 70 hinds and the second outbreak involved a single death in a similar sized group. On both occasions a number of the adults exhibited increased respiratory effort, particularly on exercise. Both outbreaks occurred in July, a few days after moving the herd from a close grazed grass paddock to an aftermath paddock, which had regrown to a good sward. The history and pathology is reminiscent of 3-methyl indole toxicity in cattle.
Mawhinney
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Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Rougham Hill, Bury St Edmunds, UK. i.mawhinney@vla.defra.gsi.gov.uk
Woodger
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Knudsen
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D000818:Animals; D003670:Deer; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012862:Skatole / Q000633:toxicity; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology
D012862:Skatole