Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease in White-Tailed Deer, Canada

Abstract

Epizootic hemorrhagic disease affects wild and domestic ruminants and has recently spread northward within the United States. In September 2017, we detected epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus in wild white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus, in east-central Canada. Culicoides spp. midges of the subgenus Avaritia were the most common potential vectors identified on site.

Keywords

• bluetongue
• orbivirus
• epizootic hemorrhagic disease
• white-tailed deer
• Canada
• Culicoides