ADENOVIRUS HAEMORRHAGIC DISEASE OF DEER
J. PAUL DUFF
Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency Diseases of Wildlife Scheme (AHVLA DoWS), Great Britain Wildlife Disease Surveillance Partnership, Penrith, Cumbria, UK
Infection with a previously unrecognized adenovirus caused a haemorrhagic syndrome that killed thousands of mule deer ( Odocoileus hemionus) in California in 1993(22).
The virus causes endothelial necrosis in any organ, but vasculitis occurs most frequently in the lungs and intestines, producing pulmonary oedema and haemorrhagic enteropathy, respectively(22). Adenovirus haemorrhagic disease of deer may be diagnosed on histopathology and with the demonstration of endothelial intranuclear inclusion bodies confirmed by immunohistochemistry. The disease has not been reported in Europe or in European species of deer.REFERENCES
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