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Lyme disease: White-tailed deer blood kills Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 As tick season kicks in across the country, the executive director of the University of Massachusetts Amherst-based New England Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (NEWVEC)...

White-tailed deer may be a reservoir for the SARS-CoV-2 virus: Study

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 More than 80% percent of the white-tailed deer sampled in different parts of Iowa between December 2020 and January 2021 tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. The percentage of SARS-CoV-2...

White-tailed deer populations in 4 state exposed to SARS-CoV-2: USDA study

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews A newly completed study that analyzed serum samples from free-ranging white-tailed deer for antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal...

Texas reports anthrax in white-tailed deer

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) reported the confirmation of anthrax in a captive white-tailed deer herd on a Val Verde County premises on July 11, 2021. The...

Chronic wasting disease responsible for decrease in deer: Wyoming researchers

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Chronic wasting disease has caused significant declines in east-central Wyoming white-tailed deer populations, according to new research published this week by University of Wyoming scientists. Chronic...

Texas: Chronic wasting disease detected in Medina County deers

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Thirteen new cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) were confirmed at a Medina County captive white-tailed deer breeding facility on June 29, 2016. Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) and Texas Parks...

Malaria parasite found in 25% of white-tailed deer: Smithsonian’s National Zoo

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In a serendipitous turn of events, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) and partners have discovered a malaria parasite, Plasmodium odocoilei, in up to 25 percent of white-tailed deer...