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1 October 2003 Health Evaluation of Pampas Deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus celer) at Campos del Tuyú Wildlife Reserve, Argentina
Marcela M. Uhart, Alejandro R. Vila, Mario S. Beade, Alfredo Balcarce, William B. Karesh
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Abstract

Samples from 14 free-ranging pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus celer) were collected in 1995 and 1998, at Campos del Tuyú Wildlife Reserve, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Hematology, serum chemistries, minerals and metals, and fecal parasites were analyzed. In addition, fecal ova and parasites were evaluated seasonally during 1998–2000. Serology for infectious diseases included bluetongue, brucellosis, bovine respiratory syncytial virus infection, bovine viral diarrhea/mucosal disease, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, Johne's disease (paratuberculosis), foot and mouth disease (FMD), leptospirosis (eight serovars), epizootic hemorrhagic disease, and parainfluenza-3 (PI-3). Three (21%) pampas deer had antibodies to Leptospira spp. and six (43%) to PI-3 virus. Serologic results for all other infectious agents were negative. Domestic cattle (n=27) included in this study for comparison had antibodies to Leptospira, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus, bovine viral diarrhea virus, and PI-3 virus (74–100% of tested animals) and one animal (4%) to Brucella sp. All cattle had antibodies to FMD virus attributable to vaccination. This study provides the first data on the health status of the southernmost subspecies of pampas deer.

Marcela M. Uhart, Alejandro R. Vila, Mario S. Beade, Alfredo Balcarce, and William B. Karesh "Health Evaluation of Pampas Deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus celer) at Campos del Tuyú Wildlife Reserve, Argentina," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 39(4), 887-893, (1 October 2003). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-39.4.887
Received: 9 May 2002; Published: 1 October 2003
KEYWORDS
Argentina
disease
hematology
Ozotoceros bezoarticus celer
pampas deer
parasites
serology
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