This paper describes a case of Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in a roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) calf in Norway. The calf was found deserted, paretic, and heavily infested with Ixodes ricinus ticks. It was euthanized and investigated postmortem. Anaplasma phagocytophilum was detected in several tissues by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and 16S rRNA sequence analyses. Analyses for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus infections were negative. This is the first report of a possible paretic condition in A. phagocytophilum infected roe deer.
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1 January 2006
A Paretic Condition in an Anaplasma phagocytophilum Infected Roe Deer Calf
Snorre Stuen,
Truls Moum,
Aksel Bernhoft,
Sirkka Vene
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 42 • No. 1
January 2006
Vol. 42 • No. 1
January 2006
Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Capreolus capreolus
case report
granulocytic ehrlichiosis
paresis
roe deer