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1 January 1979 SELECTED CLINICOPATHOLOGIC CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH EXPERIMENTALLY INDUCED Fascioloides magna INFECTION IN WHITE-TAILED DEER
WILLIAM J. FOREYT
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Abstract

Six white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), less than one year of age, were divided into two groups of three each and administered 50, or 500 metacercariae of Fascioloides magna. All six deer became infected. Three additional deer of the same age were uninoculated controls. All deer were monitored for up to 43 weeks after inoculation to investigate changes in weight, selected hematologic values, and blood chemistry values. Although clinical disease was not evident in the infected deer, a significant reduction (p < .01) in hemoglobin and packed cell volume was detected throughout the experiment. A significant elevation (p < .01) in the total serum protein level was detected in both infected groups from 0 to 5 months after inoculation. Increases were present in the beta and gamma globulin fractions. No differences (p > .05) were detected in the serum calcium, magnesium, or phosphorus levels, or in body weights between infected and uninfected control groups.

FOREYT and TODD: SELECTED CLINICOPATHOLOGIC CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH EXPERIMENTALLY INDUCED Fascioloides magna INFECTION IN WHITE-TAILED DEER1
WILLIAM J. FOREYT "SELECTED CLINICOPATHOLOGIC CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH EXPERIMENTALLY INDUCED Fascioloides magna INFECTION IN WHITE-TAILED DEER," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 15(1), 83-89, (1 January 1979). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-15.1.83
Received: 23 May 1978; Published: 1 January 1979
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