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Anaplasma phagocytophilum Variant 1 from White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Feeding Ixodes scapularis Larvae [PDF]

Pathogens
Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a tick-borne bacterium and the causative agent of human granulocytic anaplasmosis. Two major variants have been identified in North America: a human pathogenic variant (Ap-ha) that is maintained by small mammals and a ...
Patrick Pearson, Mileena Ryan, Martha B. Leo, Guang Xu, Martin J. R. Feehan, Dowd Naik, Melissa A. Prusinski, Stephen M. Rich   +7 more
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White‐tailed Deer Signpost Photoluminescence [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Ultraviolet (UV) induced photoluminescence is widespread in Mammalia; however, its function(s) remain unclear. Most of the research to date has focused on the surface expression of photoluminescence (e.g., pelage), described qualitatively.
Daniel R. DeRose‐Broeckert, Billy R. Hammond, Steven B. Castleberry, Gino J. D'Angelo   +3 more
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Scrapie versus Chronic Wasting Disease in White-Tailed Deer [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases
White-tailed deer are susceptible to scrapie (WTD scrapie) after oronasal inoculation with the classical scrapie agent from sheep. Deer affected by WTD scrapie are difficult to differentiate from deer infected with chronic wasting disease (CWD).
Zoe J. Lambert, Jifeng Bian, Eric D. Cassmann, M. Heather West Greenlee, Justin J. Greenlee   +4 more
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Pulmonary echinococcosis caused by Echinococcus canadensis G8 in a white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), Pennsylvania, USA, 2026 [PDF]

One Health
Cystic echinococcosis, caused by the two zoonotic cestodes Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus canadensis, is emerging in new regions of the United States and Canada.
Kayla B. Garrett, Ethan P. Barton, Justin D. Brown, Michael J. Yabsley, Christopher A. Cleveland   +4 more
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A model-based estimate of winter distribution and abundance of white-tailed deer in the Adirondack Park.

PLoS ONE, 2022
In the Adirondack Park region of northern New York, USA, white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and moose (Alces alces) co-occur along a temperate-boreal forest ecotone. In this region, moose exist as a small and vulnerable low-density population and
Joseph W Hinton, Jeremy E Hurst, David W Kramer, James H Stickles, Jacqueline L Frair   +4 more
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Shifts in diel activity of Rocky Mountain mammal communities in response to anthropogenic disturbance and sympatric invasive white-tailed deer

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023
Coexistence mechanisms such as temporal niche partitioning among sympatric wildlife species may be impacted by continued human disturbance and invasive species.
Persia Khan, Laura Eliuk, Sandra Frey, Christopher Bone, Jason T. Fisher   +4 more
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Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in free-ranging white-tailed deer in the United States

Nature Communications, 2023
SARS-CoV-2 is a zoonotic virus with documented bi-directional transmission between people and animals. Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from humans to free-ranging white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) poses a unique public health risk due to the ...
Aijing Feng, Sarah Bevins, Jeff Chandler, Thomas J. DeLiberto, Ria Ghai, Kristina Lantz, Julianna Lenoch, Adam Retchless, Susan Shriner, Cynthia Y. Tang, Suxiang Sue Tong, Mia Torchetti, Anna Uehara, Xiu-Feng Wan   +13 more
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Transmission of Raccoon-Passaged Chronic Wasting Disease Agent to White-Tailed Deer

Viruses, 2022
The transmission characteristics of prion diseases are influenced by host prion protein sequence and, therefore, the host species. Chronic wasting disease (CWD), a prion disease of cervids, has widespread geographical distribution throughout North ...
Eric D. Cassmann, Alexis J. Frese, S. Jo Moore, Justin J. Greenlee   +3 more
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White-tailed Deer of Florida

EDIS, 2020
The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) is the most economically important big game mammal in North America and Florida. This 12-page fact sheet written by Raoul K. Boughton, Bethany Wight, Samantha Wisely, Karen Hood, and Martin B.
Raoul K Boughton, Bethany Rose Wight, Samantha Wisely, Karen Hood, Martin B Main   +4 more
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Review of the 2012 Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Outbreak in Domestic Ruminants in the United States. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
An unusually large number of cases of Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) were observed in United States cattle and white-tailed deer in the summer and fall of 2012.
G Stevens, B McCluskey, A King, E O'Hearn, G Mayr   +4 more
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