A Mortality Event in Elk ( Cervus elaphus nelsoni) Calves Associated with Malnutrition, Pasteurellosis, and Deer Adenovirus in Colorado, USA.
This report describes clinical, necropsy, and ancillary diagnostic findings for a mortality event in Rocky Mountain elk ( Cervus elaphus nelsoni) calves attributed to malnutrition, pasteurellosis, and an alimentary presentation of adenovirus hemorrhagic disease.
1 Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife, Wildlife Health Program, 4330 Laporte Ave., Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA.
Karen A
KA
Fox
1 Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife, Wildlife Health Program, 4330 Laporte Ave., Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA.
Levi
L
Atwater
2 Colorado State University Diagnostic Laboratory, 300 W Drake Rd., Fort Collins, Colorado 80526, USA.
Laura
L
Hoon-Hanks
3 Wyoming State Diagnostic Laboratory, 1174 Snowy Range Rd., Laramie, Wyoming 82070, USA.
Myrna
M
Miller
D000818:Animals; D046808:Atadenovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003120:Colorado; D003670:Deer / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology*; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000662:veterinary*; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000662:veterinary