Absence of Tuberculosis in Free-Ranging Deer in Nebraska

David J. Steffen; David W. Oates; Mauritz C. Sterner; Vickie L. Cooper

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-35.1.105

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1 January 1999 Absence of Tuberculosis in Free-Ranging Deer in Nebraska

David J. Steffen, David W. Oates, Mauritz C. Sterner, Vickie L. Cooper

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 35(1):105-107 (1999). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-35.1.105

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Lymph nodes from 271 white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in Nebraska (USA) were examined microscopically for tuberculoid lesions. Lymph nodes lesions in at least one node were found in 12 deer. Lesions were examined with Zeihl-Neelson acid fast stains and by polymerase chain reactions using M. bovis specific probes. No evidence of tuberculosis was found. The small granulomatous lesions were likely caused by other bacteria.

Steffen, Oates, Sterner, and Cooper: Absence of Tuberculosis in Free-Ranging Deer in Nebraska

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David J. Steffen, David W. Oates, Mauritz C. Sterner, and Vickie L. Cooper "Absence of Tuberculosis in Free-Ranging Deer in Nebraska," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 35(1), 105-107, (1 January 1999). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-35.1.105

Received: 13 May 1998; Published: 1 January 1999

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