Ehrlichiosis in a Moose Calf in Norway

Andrew Jenkins; Kjell Handeland; Snorre Stuen; Leo Schouls; Ingrid van de Pol; Rolf-Tore Meen; Bjørn-Erik Kristiansen

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-37.1.201

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1 January 2001 Ehrlichiosis in a Moose Calf in Norway

Andrew Jenkins, Kjell Handeland, Snorre Stuen, Leo Schouls, Ingrid van de Pol, Rolf-Tore Meen, Bjørn-Erik Kristiansen

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 37(1):201-203 (2001). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-37.1.201

Abstract

A case of granulocytic ehrlichiosis in a moose calf (Alces alces) in Norway is described. The animal was heavily infested with ticks (Ixodes ricinus), and died from a Klebsiella pneumoniae septicemia. Examination of blood smears from the calf revealed cytoplasmic inclusions (morulae) typical of infection with Ehrlichia phagocytophila in the granulocytes. Ehrlichia sp. was detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in blood from the calf, and in the ticks. Sequence determination identified it as E. phagocytophila. This is the first report of ehrlichiosis in moose.

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Andrew Jenkins, Kjell Handeland, Snorre Stuen, Leo Schouls, Ingrid van de Pol, Rolf-Tore Meen, and Bjørn-Erik Kristiansen "Ehrlichiosis in a Moose Calf in Norway," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37(1), 201-203, (1 January 2001). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-37.1.201

Received: 18 February 2000; Published: 1 January 2001

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