epizootic hemorrhagic disease
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[edit]Noun
[edit]epizootic hemorrhagic disease (uncountable)
- A disease, often fatal, of wild ruminants, most notably white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), caused by Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus transmitted by certain midges, especially the species Culicoides variipennis.
- 1981, Bluetongue: A Threat to U.S. Exports, U.S. Department of Agriculture, unnumbered page:
- Bluetongue symptoms in white-tailed deer are identical to epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD).
- 2003, Eric G. Bolen, William Laughlin Robinson, Wildlife Ecology and Management, Prentice Hall, page 138:
- Other species, including pronghorns and mule deer, sometimes are infected, but epizootic hemorrhagic disease is most evident in white-tailed deer.
Synonyms
[edit]- (disease of wild ruminants): EHD, epizootic hemorrhagic disease of deer
Derived terms
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[edit]disease of wild ruminants
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[edit]epizootic hemorrhagic disease on Wikipedia.Wikipedia