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.
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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
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 36 • No. 2
April 2000
Vol. 36 • No. 2
April 2000
case report
Odocoileus virginianus
pneumonia
Sarcocystis spp.
sarcocystosis
schizonts
white-tailed deer