Acute Sarcocystosis in a Captive White-tailed Deer in Virginia

R. B. Duncan; J. H. Fox; D. S. Lindsay; J. P. Dubey; M. E. Zuccaro

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-36.2.357

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1 April 2000 Acute Sarcocystosis in a Captive White-tailed Deer in Virginia

R. B. Duncan, J. H. Fox, D. S. Lindsay, J. P. Dubey, M. E. Zuccaro

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 36(2):357-361 (2000). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-36.2.357

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A 19-mo-old female captive white-tailed deer in a public wild animal park in Richmond (Virginia, USA) was necropsied and evaluated histologically following spontaneous death after a 1 wk period of lethargy in a captive herd of 22 deer. An acute necrotizing pneumonia was associated with intraendothelial protozoal schizonts that were identified immunohistochemically as Sarcocystis spp. This is the first confirmed report of acute sarcocystosis in a wild ruminant.

Duncan, Fox, Lindsay, Dubey, and Zuccaro: Acute Sarcocystosis in a Captive White-tailed Deer in Virginia

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R. B. Duncan, J. H. Fox, D. S. Lindsay, J. P. Dubey, and M. E. Zuccaro "Acute Sarcocystosis in a Captive White-tailed Deer in Virginia," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 36(2), 357-361, (1 April 2000). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-36.2.357

Received: 12 June 1999; Published: 1 April 2000

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