FURTHER STUDIES ON TRYPANOSOMES IN GAME ANIMALS IN WYOMING
| Autor: | Newton Kingston, Jamie K. Morton |
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| Rok vydání: | 1976 |
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Wyoming
Sheep Ecology Deer symbols.heraldic_supporter Sheep Diseases Zoology Small sample Antilocapra americana Parasitemia Biology Odocoileus biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Trypanosoma sp Trypanosomiasis biology.animal medicine symbols Animals Positive culture Cervus canadensis Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Ovis canadensis Artiodactyla |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 12:233-236 |
| ISSN: | 0090-3558 |
| DOI: | 10.7589/0090-3558-12.2.233 |
| Popis: | Blood samples were collected from captive and free-ranging elk (Cervus canadensis), mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), white-tailed deer, (Odocoileus virginianus), black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus), pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), moose (Alces alces), and bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) for cultural evidence of Trypanosoma sp. infection. Eleven of 188 (12%) hunter-killed elk, 22 of 37 (59%) free-ranging elk, and 79 of 119 (66%) captive elk were culture positive in 1973-74. Parasitemia in adult captive elk showed seasonal variation. Other captive or live-trapped animals found positive included 16 mule deer, two white-tailed deer, and one black-tailed deer. No pronghorn, moose, or bighorn sheep were positive. A 0.25 ml inoculum of elk blood was sufficient to give positive culture results. Small sample size may have contributed to negative results from elk trapped in March 1973. |
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